COVID-19 pandemic and pharmacy education in a developing country: A case study from Nigeria

Since March 2020, all schools in Nigeria have been closed to curtail the spread of the COVID-19 virus This paper presents the case study of the e-learning strategies adopted by Kaduna State University to reduce the educational disruption during these unprecedented times As the University had no established e-learning resources, there was a need for prompt training of staff in online teaching The online teaching methods to be adopted came with their fair share of challenges as e-learning activities had not been taking place at the University prior to the emergence of COVID-19 The University, with the full support of the state government, were making plans to ensure a fixed structure for the integration of e-learning into the syllabus This case study provides some recommendations that could be adopted by similar institutions that have no previous e-learning structures The COVID-19 pandemic has opened up opportunities to upgrade the educational mode of delivery and shown the need to embrace emerging technologies