Mr Adesina said online education method is an ineffective substitute to the face-to-face contact teaching and learning, especially at the secondary school level, because of its deficiencies in terms of teachers’ supervision and concentration by the students. He said it had become very difficult for any Nigerian student at the secondary level to pass the certificate examinations at credit or distinction levels without teachers’ tutelage either by home lesson or classroom teaching. Adesina said Nigeria has not yet got to the level where its secondary school students can rely absolutely on online education, as the country is yet to create a conducive environment for online education programmes. His grouse was that they had reneged on an agreement reached with the state government. According to him, they promised to repent and leave the North-West, but “they did not… Read full story

Source: Nigerian Tribune June 11, 2020 06:45 UTC