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Pupils in Lagos State will soon get transistor radios as the state government concludes plans to buy 300,000 radios to aid its radio learning programme.
The state government had in response to the disruption to its school calendar, occasioned by the COVID-19 pandemic, introduced radio lessons. The state has been offering free teachings on radio, especially for pupils in terminal classes.
The Chairman of the Lagos State Universal Basic Education Board, Wahab Alawiye-King, had explained that the board introduced the radio broadcast of academic contents to provide a holistic support to public primary school pupils during this period.
He had said that the radio programme would provide immediate educational support to minimise the negative effects of school disruption and facilitate continuous learning, especially for the vulnerable in the state.
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The interactive radio instruction programme is aired on two local radio stations: EKO FM 89.7 and Radio Lagos.
However, a major hindrance to the delivery of online learning in general has been lack of devices such as computers, radio and television as well as the problem of epileptic power supply especially for pupils in the rural areas.
In response to this problem, Lagos State Commissioner for Education, Mrs. Folasade Adefisayo, said that the state had concluded plans to purchase 300,000 transistor radios for public school pupils in the state to enhance their access to learning via the radio.
Adefisayo made this known at the zoom meeting organised by the Concerned Parents and Educators Initiative (CPE) in Lagos.
The CPE meeting, organised by CPE founder, Mrs Yinka Ogunde, had brought together all commissioners of education in the South West namely Lagos, Ogun, Osun, Ekiti, Oyo and Ondo states. The meeting was tagged, “Facing the reality of the new normal in the education sector.”
Adefisayo said that Lagos State had already uploaded its lesson notes on YouTube. She however said that the transistor radios would enable indigent pupils to have access to the lessons on radio since many of them cannot afford the devices and the data required for them to access the lessons on YouTube.
She said that the state was planning to get a radio license so that it could offer 24-hour teaching to its pupils in future.
Earlier, Ogunde said it was very important for every child to have access to quality education, adding that there should be forums for public and private school interactions.
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