Impacts of COVID-19 on education: a case of hospitality and tourism colleges in Arusha

Abstract

The COVID-19 (popularly, the Coronavirus pandemic) outbreak and its massive and instant spread froze mobility globally on an unmatched scale and extensively and rapidly limited access of the need for education. This research provides an assessment of the impacts of this pandemic which has become a health, economic and geopolitical crisis with a direct effect on the education system at international, national and local levels. It also deals with how the use of ICT and online classes phenomenon developed from the unprecedented lockdown and social distancing practices imposed by the government with a chance to provide a unique opportunity for the education system. This research paper used empirical data from colleges to examine the pacts of covid-19 on the education system and how the colleges interacted with the effects of the pandemic. Some colleges responded to the impacts of covid-19 with the use of online classes and other ICT means to continue providing the service to their clients (students) while others face difficulty due to lack of means necessary to conduct such classes and have the accessed by many. This research then discusses on proper means of integrating ICT and college institutions in to achieve the proper way of ease of access to education anywhere.