Managing The Covid-19 Crisis In The Educational Institutions: A Proposed Model

Abstract

The study aimed to develop a proposed model of Covid-19 crisis management in the educational institutions, by identifying the reality of crisis management in the educational institutions in light of the pandemic. In order to achieve the objectives of the study, the descriptive-analytical approach was used. The study sample consisted of (239) directors, out of (801) directors at the institutions of the secondary and middle education levels from the study community in some Algerian states. Cluster random sampling was used in this study, and the study tool was also designed by the researcher in the form of a questionnaire distributed on five dimensions, and after processing the data, the study reached many results; the most important of which: there is a high level of responsiveness amongst the sample individuals about the reality of crisis management in the educational institutions in light of COVID-19 pandemic which came with a relative weight of (79.33). Based on the results of the study, a proposed model was developed to manage the crisis of COVID-19 pandemic in the educational institutions, including a set of starting points and pillars of the proposed model, mechanisms, application procedures, obstacles that may face the application of the model, and the proposed solutions to overcome them. The study has suggested some recommendations in which it urges the Ministry of Education to reconsider the system of education policy, and aiming more and more at the digital learning in the educational institutions, and the necessity to adapt the educational courses with the new requirements of the reality