By Chidinma Ufomadu
Governor of Lagos State, Babajide Sanwo-Olu, has stated that the state must adapt to new technological avenues to ensure that learning takes place even during the coronavirus pandemic.
Mr Sanwo-Olu made this known while unveiling 5000 transistor radios and 5000 facemasks donated by the Committee of Wives of Lagos State Officials (COWLSO) at the State House, Marina, on Monday.
He further affirmed that the equipment would be distributed across the state especially in the hard-to-reach rural and riverine areas.
According to a statement by the governor, Sanwo-Olu said, “What COWLSO is donating this morning, is to improve and enhance the learning capability of the children and so we are excited that they have been able to put this together for the students.
“I understand that this is the first batch, others will come in. This is a new norm and so we need to adapt to the new realities of where we found ourselves and so this is part of adaptability and innovation has to come to learning.
“What we are doing now is as much as possible, learning can be done offsite and so it is just something to make our children get themselves busy, have a tool, have an app, have a phone and have a radio and whatever it means to communicate, such that, at the agreed time and in the comfort of their learning environment, they can tune in, they can listen, they can take notes, they can interact and be in tune.”
It can be recalled that schools have been shut in Lagos State since March as part of measures to curb the spread of the coronavirus disease.
Following that, the state Ministry of Education therefore instructed students to engage in online learning while the government maintained that schools remained shut in the state, which has recorded the highest number of COVID-19 infections and associated deaths in the country.
