E-LEARNING AND IN-SCHOOL ADOLESCENTS' INTERNET PORNOGRAPHIC EXPOSURE AND CONSUMPTION IN COVID-19 ERA: COUNSELING AND EDUCATIONAL IMPLICATIONS

Abstract

E-learning has remained a valuable and viable means of teaching and learning in Covid-19 era since the traditional classroom based teaching and learning is no longer encouraged in order to curtail the pathogen spread of the Covid-19 which was declared a pandemic by the World Health Organization (WHO) in March, 2020.  E-learning has been defined as the type of learning that takes place via internet or online. It permits the In-school adolescents to sit at the comfort of their house and connect with their teachers through the internet. Sadly, the sex-browsing sites on the internet are inadvertently accessed by the In-school adolescents in the process of their E-learning and finding of academic materials for their assignments through ads, pop-up, misdirected links or emails and out of curiosity they tend to open those misdirected links and of course, the contents of those links have the potentials to ruin their life. It is against this background that this paper discussed the concepts of Covid-19, e-learning, internet pornography, effects of In-school adolescents' internet pornographic material exposure and consumption in Covid-19 era, behavioural indicators that may show when an individual In-school adolescent has started watching Internet pornography which parents and teachers must be aware of, strategies for blocking In-school adolescents access to pornographic sites during E-learning in Covid-19 era, counselling and educational implications for conscientization of In-school adolescents on the dangers relating to the internet pornographic exposure and consumption in Covid-19 era.  Finally, suggestions were highlighted and a conclusion drawn.