Education
Proprietress Introduces Online Tutorial For Pupils In Lagos
The Proprietress, Simic Group of Schools, Dr Cecilia Okachi, says the management has introduced an online distance learning tutorial method for students preparing for the West Africa Examination Council (WAEC) in Junior and Senior Secondary classes.
The proprietress, told our source in Lagos at the weekend that the programme was to keep the students busy at this period of stay-at-home order by the government as part of measures to curtail the Coronavirus pandemic spread.
The school is located around a Lagos suburb, Abaranje, in Ikotun.
She said: “The initiative became necessary as the lockdown persists. We decided to introduce the online distance learning as part of our school’s response to the Covid-19 awareness on keeping the social distancing mechanism.
“Also during this lockdown period, I want the relationship between me and my students to remain very cordial and grounded. Right now, learning is ongoing as we are observing the lockdown and also the Easter celebration.
“We contact our students preparing for WAEC and engage them with their various subjects teachers like Mathematics, English Language, Economics, Civic Education, Physics and Chemistry, among others everyday.”
“The social media learning platform is created via whatsapp group and accommodates the various classes in the learning method.
“We don’t want our pupils to get engage in games and other vices because when you leave the children for too long, they forget what they have been taught in school.
“We have, therefore, resolved to follow up on our pupils and give comments with recommendation between the teachers and pupils with strict compliance.
“We also maintain a cordial relationship with their parents to know how their wards are faring through phone calls, text messages and other possible means of communication.”
The school proprietress said that the method had been helpful, attributing it to her love for children, adding: “I feel that no child should be on the road or be out of school on flimsy excuses”.
On the lockdown, she said that “we are all affected economically, but there is nothing we can do than to abide by the government’s directive because it is for the good of all of us.
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