Post COVID-19 reality: Organisation harps on relevance of technology in learning

An Online Schools Discovery platform, SchoolsCompass, has taken the initiative to ascertain the non-health impact of COVID-19 on Nigerian Schools and presented its findings to the Lagos State Government harping on the need for schools to utilise technology in learning to remain relevant.

Receiving the report titled, “Understanding the Stance of a Nigerian Parent in a typical Post COVID-19 Learning Environment,” on behalf of the State Government, Commissioner for Education, Mrs Folasade Adefisayo, described the SchoolsCompass initiative as a laudable and complimentary one, stating that Education, being a critical success factor for any socio-economic development in any emerging economy, requires all the technicalities, reports and researches that allow for critical assessment to gauge and drive policies in advancing education reforms.

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Adefisayo also noted that the Babajide Olusola Sanwo-Olu (BOS) Education Transformation plan was an integration of several action initiatives and ideas put together to meet the sector’s needs and leverage on existing needs, expertise, partnership and resources to improve quality and relevance of the Public Schools system and administration. With findings from the survey ascertained by SchoolsCompass, she stressed that policies will be effectively improved upon to better deliver government deliverables.

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The Permanent Secretary, Ministry of Education, Mrs. Abosede Adelaja, while lauding the organisation’s collaborative effort with the Ministry of Education, said the results of such surveys support transitions into knowledge-based economy and help distil the specific initiatives and intervention plans required to execute on the mandate of the State Government.

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She encouraged other stakeholders to take a cue from SchoolsCompass by identifying the Ministry’s focus areas for potential Public Private Sector Collaborations stressing that the sector’s development requires a collective partnership and stakeholders’ participation.

“With the gradual easing of nationwide lockdown due to a progressive decline in the number of the COVID-19 cases in Nigeria, we are getting ready for schools re-opening and also ensuring adherence to safety protocols in the face of  ‘post-Covid education realities,” she said.

Also while making the presentation, Founder, SchoolsCompass, Mr. Yomi Ojo said COVID-19 pandemic has created the largest disruption of education systems in history, affecting nearly 1.6 billion learners in more than 190 countries and all continents.

“If we are to reiterate the stands of notable authorities in the education sector, one might agree that the nation’s pre-Covid education system was not sustainable as the sector is currently experiencing the drastic impact of the downturn caused by the pandemic. “As a tech driven organisation, SchoolsCompass is established to assist parents in aligning with an ideal school(s) for their children by giving them access to relevant information about different schools all in one platform,” he noted.

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Ojo said his organisation conducted a survey utilising the vast database on its platform to reach the targeted Nigeria’s education stakeholders and decision makers to determine the Nation’s post-COVID-19 learning expectations. The research which involved respondents from the six geo-political zones in the country supports active parent’s inclusivity in every child’s education.