Some educationists in Ibadan has said only few students will benefit from online educational engagements being carried out in some parts of the country due to the lockdown.
\nThe experts told newsmen that many students would not benefit from the online educational initiatives due to lack of infrastructure.
\nMr Kayode Adeyemi, the President of the National Association of Proprietors of Private Schools (NAPPS) in Oyo State, said power supply critical to the success of the online engagement as well as monitoring of the students to ensure they follow through with the programme were lacking.
\nAdeyemi said though the government and some private school operators had engaged students with online educational programmes, the impact would continue to be minimal due to the current challenges in the country.
\n\u201cIn terms of quality, even if you do online engagement, it cannot be as effective as being in the classroom or having teachers whom the students are familiar with and who have authority to teach them.
\n\u201cEven at the online engagement level, we still have students who can\u2019t login due to lack of data, some have flat batteries while some parents would claim they are not aware of the arrangement.
\n\u201cSome schools that are very passionate in getting things done, however, go the extra mile to call parents to make sure that they have data,\u201d he said.
\nAccording to Adeyemi, money to recharge data is also a challenge as many homes are managing their finances at this period.
\n\u201cThe priority of an average household now is on how to feed the family and survive the lockdown, not really to expend money on data or fuel to power television or radio.
\n\u201cSome students will be given assignments online only for them to call back and say they didn\u2019t see it clearly, some of them will not even respond or they would complain of network issue.
\n\u201cThat is the platform we say we want to migrate to because of lockdown. This alternative can only work for about 45 per cent of students who are serious minded and have the means,\u201d he said.
\nAlso speaking, Prof. Adams Onuka, an Education Evaluation Expert at the University of Ibadan, described the development as \u2018 fire brigade approach\u2019 due to lack of infrastructure to make it effective.
\nHe noted that those in the rural areas would be left out as only the elites would benefit the most from the engagement.
\nThe don said: \u201cThis is something that should be systematically planned and executed.
\n\u201cThe engagement is not taking into cognisance those whose means of livelihood had been affected and those in the rural areas who don\u2019t have access to electricity supply.
\n\u201cThough, it is a laudable idea but it is being done at a wrong time because we are not prepared for it and the people are not equipped for it as there is no provision for it to be successful.
\n\u201cMost of the government\u2019s resources now are spent on health care, There is no structure on ground to execute this, even radio that is not costly, some people might not have access to it in the villages.
\n\u201c What infrastructure do we have in place for its success?\u201d
\nHe, however, enjoined the government to use the occasion of COVID-19 pandemic to overhaul critical sectors such as health, education and infrastructure.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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