The Role of Science Education in Secondary Schools in Curbing Covid 19 Pandemic

Science Education equips individuals with skills, knowledge and ability to handle societal challenges such as Corona virus pandemic. The role of education to ensure effective community engagement for curbing COVID 19 impartation on society includes knowledge, self efficiency and trust. Functions of science education to students and society were ex rayed. COVID 19 impact on science education and education in general was examined. School closure was employed as a measure to shut down the spread of the disease. The roles of science educators in the pandemic period among others include how history of science traced other pandemics and how they were able to tackle and downplay political ambitions of the government over the pandemic. Awareness campaigns on mitigation of COVID 19 impact revealed efforts of many countries to fight the monster – COVID 19. Chikendu, Rebecca E | Okoli, Josephine N | Ejesi, Nkori "The Role of Science Education in Secondary Schools in Curbing Covid-19 Pandemic" Published in International Journal of Trend in Scientific Research and Development (ijtsrd), ISSN: 2456-6470, Volume-5 | Issue-2 , February 2021, URL: https://www.ijtsrd.com/papers/ijtsrd38558.pdf Paper Url: https://www.ijtsrd.com/humanities-and-the-arts/education/38558/the-role-of-science-education-in-secondary-schools-in-curbing-covid19-pandemic/chikendu-rebecca-e