在全球范围内，教育是受新冠疫情破坏最严重的领域之一。在疫情出现之前，尼日利亚的各级教育机构中都采用了纯粹的面对面教学方式，在学校中小学生不得使用手机、电脑等电子产品。新冠爆发之后教与学模式的突然转换，让各级教育部门都措手不及，尼日利亚高等院校的教师和学习者都对如何继续进行学习工作感到束手无策。其主要原因是因为虚拟学习在我国教育体系中是一个新的现象。这项研究的主要目的在于从尼日利亚大学 Nsukka 的学生的角度来看新冠疫情对尼日利亚高等院校学生在线/虚拟教学过程的适应性影响情况。其主要研究问题有以下几种：1. 在新冠疫情爆发期间，尼日利亚高等教育机构的学生在利用虚拟教学平台方面面临哪些挑战？ 2. 相关院校为学生提供了哪些支持措施来缓解这些问题？参与者是来自尼日利亚大学恩苏卡分校不同学院的 12 名学生，对其进行有目的地抽样和选择。该研究利用半结构化访谈问题从受访者那里收集数据。参与者是通过全球在线学术研究社区/平台、WhatsApp、电子邮件和电话进行采访。从采访中获得的所有信息和数据都被转录、分析并以主题形式呈现。笔者访谈中发现，参与者提出的问题中发现，他们的个人经历对此次设计的问题有很大的影响。在回答 RQ1 时，调查发现他们面临的挑战影响了普通学生。这些挑战包括：缺乏稳定的网络连接、不稳定的电力供应和师生关系不佳；另一些挑战是针对个别学生群体的，例如：家庭缺乏有利的学习环境，学习材料的成本高以及健康相关的问题等。
RQ2 表明，相关教育机构以许多支持措施来帮助学生适应在线/虚拟学习，但帮助不够大。机构采取的相应措施包括：推动快速和全面恢复正常的课堂，需要更便捷的教学平台，强大的网络连接，讲师培训等。
从研究的最终分析来看，建议教育部、尼日利亚高等教育机构的管理层需要对讲师进行充分的培训，使他们能够使用在线/虚拟教学和学习平台，以提高效率和专业性。还建议尼日利亚高等教育机构的管理层加强Wi-Fi连接，让校园内的所有学生都能使用。还建议尼日利亚的大学在制定教学和学习过程的任何政策之前，应考虑到各种学生的兴趣、便利性和潜在挑战。政府还需要采取不同的措施来应对这些挑战。

Globally education is one of the sectors with devastating impact of COVID-19 pandemic. Before the pandemic, the Nigerian education system has adopted purely, face-to-face approached to teaching and learning in all her various tiers of educational institutions. learners at primary and secondary schools were not allowed to own any digital gadget such as phone or computer, neither were they allowed to be seen with such in the schools, and this affected their exposure with the sudden swap in the teaching and learning mode, following the spread of the covid-19 pandemic. With the emergence of the lockdown condition and school closure, following the COVID-19 pandemic to curtail its spread, both teachers and learners in Nigeria higher institution were helpless about how to continue learning in the face of the pandemic this is because virtual learning is relatively a new phenomenon in the country’s educational system and its supporting factors for effective utilization is lacking. This study centers on the Impacts of Covid-19 Pandemic on Students Adaptability to On-Line/Virtual Teaching and Learning Processes in Nigeria Higher Institutions: From Students Perspectives in University of Nigeria, Nsukka.  These research questions were produced to guide the study: 1. What are the challenges students of HEIs in Nigeria are facing in the utilization of virtual teaching and learning platforms during the COVID-19 outbreak? 2. What supportive measures are provided for the students by the institutions to mitigate these challenges in future? Participants were 12 purposively sampled and conveniently selected students from different faculties in The University of Nigeria, Nsukka. The study utilized semi-structured interview questions in collecting data from the respondents. Participants was selected and interviewed via global online academic research community/platforms, WhatsApp, email and phone calls. All the information and data derived from the interviews granted was transcribed, analyzed and presented in themes. The study found out from the interviews conducted that the SES of the participants had a great influence in their individual experiences towards the questions that were asked. In answering the RQ1, the investigation found out that some of the challenges affected the general students irrespective of their SES; such challenges included (lack of stable network connectivity, unstable power supply and poor feedback or teachers’ students’ relationship) whereas some challenges were specific to individual group of students; such as, (high cost of data, lack of conducive learning environment at home, high cost of gadgets and learning materials, health related challenges).
The responses to RQ2. Indicated that there are many supportive measures from the institutions to help student adapt to online/virtual learning but they weren’t strong enough and faced a lot of challenges. These measures include (a push for quick and full return to a normal physical class, need for a more convenient teaching and learning platforms, strong network connectivity, retraining of lecturers, government interventions).
From the final analysis of the study, it is recommended that the Ministry of Education, the management of higher education institutions in Nigeria need to provide adequate training to the lecturers on the use of online/virtual teaching and learning platforms for efficiency and professionalism. It is also recommended that the management of higher education institutions in Nigeria should strengthen their Wi-Fi connections and make it accessible to all the students on campus. It is recommended also that universities in Nigeria should put into consideration the various students’ interests, conveniency and potential challenges into considerations before making any policy on the teaching and learning processes. There is also a need for government interventions to address these challenges.