Abstract:
The repercussions of COVID-19 were manifestly seen in every state around the world.
Economies were deeply affected in terms of surge in death toll of both skilled and
unskilled personnel, and loss of jobs and livelihoods among others. The core of the
study was to examine COVID-19 and private pre-tertiary educational institutions
in Ghana, especially the lessons from employers and employees in Accra
Metropolis. The study adopted the qualitative research approach and used face-to-face
interviews to obtain primary data which were analyzed based on themes. The study
found that the COVID-19 adversely affected the livelihoods of both employers and
employees in pre-tertiary educational institutions. The study also revealed that
employers and employees had to endure near fatal means of survival as a result of the
economic hardships attributed to the pandemic. As a consequence of the COVID-19,
the study found that employers depended on loans, government’s interventions and
reserved food and money during the pandemic. The study also revealed that employees
and their dependants applied several coping mechanisms, including door-to-door
private tuition, engaging in other businesses, resorting to loan facilities and a host of
others to cope with the pandemic. The study recommends that government should
enforce certain policies to ensure employers abide by contracts they have signed with
their employees. Furthermore, the study recommends that government should engage
in public education on its policy initiatives and avoid the zero-sum relations in relief
packages to the citizenry during crisis.
Description:
A thesis in the Department of Political Science Education,
Faculty of Science Education, submitted to the School of
Graduate Studies, in partial fulfilment
of the requirements for the award of the degree of
Master of Philosophy
(Political Science Education)
in the University of Education, Winneba
