Challenges in Teaching and Learning during COVID-19 Pandemic on Sustainable Development Goals in South Africa (A Systematic Review)
During the COVID-19 pandemic, South Africa implemented lockdown and social distancing measures, resulting in the closure of all schools and higher education institutions in the country. Despite the challenges posed to both educators and learners, education systems have been forced to transition fro...
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During the COVID-19 pandemic, South Africa implemented lockdown and social distancing measures, resulting in the closure of all schools and higher education institutions in the country. Despite the challenges posed to both educators and learners, education systems have been forced to transition from traditional face-to-face pedagogical classroom methods into remote virtual platforms, which allow sustainability in the continuity of teaching and learning in traditional methods. This study adopts a systematic review approach to examine challenges in teaching and learning during and after the COVID-19 pandemic in South Africa. Evidently, the findings from the study depict that, in the wake of the pandemic, the transition in education in South Africa was hampered by educational inequality and insufficient digital literacy among instructors in many South African educational institutions. However, post-COVID-19 evidence reveals that much progress has been made as there is an increased focus on adoption training and the use of digital tools and technology. The conclusion of this study is that traditional education should be blended with online teaching and learning to achieve sustainable development goal number four.
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| spelling | doaj-art-e9e4f95fdf1c47e6b99dbdae6aaa967b2025-08-20T02:30:04ZengUJ PressJournal of BRICS Studies2519-74522519-74602025-05-014110.36615/254awj45Challenges in Teaching and Learning during COVID-19 Pandemic on Sustainable Development Goals in South Africa (A Systematic Review)Aderinsola Kayode0https://orcid.org/0009-0008-5221-9895Abraham Adeniran 1https://orcid.org/0000-0002-6609-7605Fulufhelo Netswera2https://orcid.org/0000-0002-6609-7605Durban University of TechnologyUniversity of IbadanDurban University of Technology During the COVID-19 pandemic, South Africa implemented lockdown and social distancing measures, resulting in the closure of all schools and higher education institutions in the country. Despite the challenges posed to both educators and learners, education systems have been forced to transition from traditional face-to-face pedagogical classroom methods into remote virtual platforms, which allow sustainability in the continuity of teaching and learning in traditional methods. This study adopts a systematic review approach to examine challenges in teaching and learning during and after the COVID-19 pandemic in South Africa. Evidently, the findings from the study depict that, in the wake of the pandemic, the transition in education in South Africa was hampered by educational inequality and insufficient digital literacy among instructors in many South African educational institutions. However, post-COVID-19 evidence reveals that much progress has been made as there is an increased focus on adoption training and the use of digital tools and technology. The conclusion of this study is that traditional education should be blended with online teaching and learning to achieve sustainable development goal number four. https://journals.uj.ac.za/index.php/jbs/article/view/3580teaching and learningCoronavirusCOVID-19 pandemicsustainable development goalspedagogy |
| spellingShingle | Aderinsola Kayode Abraham Adeniran Fulufhelo Netswera Challenges in Teaching and Learning during COVID-19 Pandemic on Sustainable Development Goals in South Africa (A Systematic Review) Journal of BRICS Studies teaching and learning Coronavirus COVID-19 pandemic sustainable development goals pedagogy |
| title | Challenges in Teaching and Learning during COVID-19 Pandemic on Sustainable Development Goals in South Africa (A Systematic Review) |
| title_full | Challenges in Teaching and Learning during COVID-19 Pandemic on Sustainable Development Goals in South Africa (A Systematic Review) |
| title_fullStr | Challenges in Teaching and Learning during COVID-19 Pandemic on Sustainable Development Goals in South Africa (A Systematic Review) |
| title_full_unstemmed | Challenges in Teaching and Learning during COVID-19 Pandemic on Sustainable Development Goals in South Africa (A Systematic Review) |
| title_short | Challenges in Teaching and Learning during COVID-19 Pandemic on Sustainable Development Goals in South Africa (A Systematic Review) |
| title_sort | challenges in teaching and learning during covid 19 pandemic on sustainable development goals in south africa a systematic review |
| topic | teaching and learning Coronavirus COVID-19 pandemic sustainable development goals pedagogy |
| url | https://journals.uj.ac.za/index.php/jbs/article/view/3580 |
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