Ogun State Governor, Dapo Abiodun has said the state is partnering telecommunications service providers to provide free internet service to students of public secondary and primary schools in the state to aid their learning through technology.
The governor disclosed that the state is providing free data to students to enable them have access to learning materials such as digital textbooks, audio textbooks, among others.
Governor stated this at event, organised to mark the year 2020 International Students’ Day, held at the Cultural centre, Kuto, Abeokuta, the state capital.
The state government had during the COVID-19 lockdown introduced a digital class for primary and secondary school students to aid learning during their stay at home.
The governor who spoke through the Commissioner for Education, Science and Technology, Professor Abayomi Arigbabu, insisted that the outbreak of COVID-19 pandemic has made the adoption of virtual learning inevitable.
He said the deployment of smart phones and tablets for learning coupled with the provision of free data would go a long way in assisting students in their learning even when they are not in school.
This, according to him, is part of the move of providing an alternative to classroom education as one of the solutions for tackling the challenges in the sector at the post COVID-19 era.
Abiodun added that the new teaching method, aided by technology would improve the standard of education and also increase students’ enrollment in schools.
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