Folasade Adefisayo, the commissioner for education in Lagos
state, says the state is giving out 10,000 radio sets to pupils in underserved
communities to continue their schooling.
Speaking with TheCable via a live interview on Sunday
evening, Adefisayo said the state government has been in conversations with
telecommunications companies to give free or subsidised data to private schools
to ensure learning continues from home.
Earlier, First Bank of Nigeria Limited had presented 20,000
units of e-learning devices to the Lagos State government for distribution to
schoolchildren willing to learn from home since schools were shut down due to
COVID-19.
Speaking on the learning process with the devices, the
commissioner said: “We couldn’t have reached every child because not everyone
has access to these devices but we are already working on getting across to
them”.
“I started crowdfunding efforts with our partners to buy
radios and we will start distribution of 10,000 radios tomorrow so that the
children can join radio lessons.
“So far, the children have been responding to their teachers
on Whatsapp. As for the other devices, the devices from our partners, it has
been programmed so that it is only the curriculum that is on them”.
When asked how soon schools were likely to reopen for the
third term, Adefisayo said it was the federal government that closed the
schools, and only they can open them.
She advised that the education system would change as a
result of the pandemic, and there may be a need to rethink school terms to meet
current realities.
“Private school owners should accept that school has
changed. Learning has moved to another medium. The onus is on private schools
to convince parents to join online lessons.
“They should start a subscription-based learning system. We
are speaking to telcos on ways to subside data charges for education to help
private school owners reduce costs”
The commissioner said the situation across the world is
unprecedented and no one has all the answers, but the state has been doing all
within its abilities to make life easier and safer for the citizenry.
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