ASSESSMENT OF SECONDARY SCHOOL STUDENTS' PREFERENCE AMONG E LEARNING, M LEARNING AND D LEARNING DURING COVID 19 PANDEMIC EXPERIENCE IN NIGERIA
This study assessed students' preference among e learning, m learning and d learning during Covid 19 lockdown experience in Nigeria. The study targeted all SS3 students in all public and private secondary schools in Kaduna metropolis. This is a descriptive survey research and a total of 200 SS3 students were purposively sampled for the study but 194 questionnaire were retrieved for the study. Questionnaire was the instrument used to collect data from the respodents. The administration of the questionnaire was done by the researcher and the data collected were analyzed using frequency counts, percentages and mean statistical analysis. The results of the findings showed that, M learning is the most preferred learning mode during Covid 19 pandemic lockdown experience in Nigeria followed by D learning. It was also reported that parts of the challenges encountered in the use of e learning, m learning and d learning include lack of power supply, networked problem, lack of data to access internet, lack of technical staff to fix problem encountered during usage among others. The study equally indicated the possible solutions to the challenges encountered to include provision of facilities, devices and equipment for e learning, m learning and d learning, recruitment of technical staff to fix the problem encountered during usage and provision of free data to access e learning, m learning and d learning programmes developed for Nigerian students. Based on the findings, it is recommended that the government should aid the school authorities in making funds necessary available for the procurement of devices and equipment needed for e learning, m learning and d learning in Nigerian schools