Lagos Set To Give 10,000 Radio Sets To School Pupils To Learn From Home

The commissioner for education in Lagos state, Folasade Adefisayo has said that the state is giving out 10,000 radio sets to pupils in underserved communities to continue their schooling from home.

In a live interview with TheCable on Sunday evening, Adefisayo revealed that the state government has been in conversations with telecommunications companies to give free or subsidised data to private schools facilitate learning from home. 

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Here's what she said; 

“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 if schools would reopen soon for the third term, Adefisayo said the federal government closed the schools, not the state government, and only the FG can open them. 

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“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,” Adefisayo said.