RETHINKING MONITORY AND EVALUATION OF UNIVERSITY EDUCATION IN NIGERIA IN THE NEW NORMAL

Abstract

This paper examined the need to rethink the monitoring and evaluation of university education in Nigeria in the new normal. Information for the paper were sourced through secondary data, mainly on the interruption of the university education during and after COVID-19 pandemic learning adoptions. The paper discussed the following concepts as related to the article; The concept of monitory and evaluation, The need for remote learning in the universities in the new normal, Opportunities applicable to integration of remote learning in the new normal, The drive towards tech for monitoring and evaluation in higher institutions in the new normal, A blended approach to monitoring and evaluation of university education in the new normal and what next in monitoring and evaluation of university education. The paper concluded that for effective monitoring and evaluation of university education to take place in the new normal, teachers and students must keep themselves abreast of online teaching and learning technology to engage students in electronic education, this would increase their competence on digital knowledge and skills to master how to apply them in their learning process in the face of unexpected physical learning disruptions.