COVID-19: Parents should keep their children busy with OgunDigiClass, says Prof Odemuyiwa, Gov Abiodun's S.A.

By Charles Segun Adegbite 

The Special Adviser to Ogun State Governor on Education, Prof Joseph Sunday Odemuyiwa has advised parents to keep their children busy with OgunDigiClass and monitor them well during this ongoing COVID-19 lockdown.

While looking at the challenges of the Coronavirus pandemic  ravaging the world and the attending effects on the education sector in Nigeria, with focus on Ogun State, he said it has brought some blessings in disguise.

He told Successful People Magazine , "Normally education starts at home. There's no way we will teach in class and it will not be coordinated at home.

"Now that education have gone digital, the role of the parents is to ensure that there is adequate supervision so that their wards get the best out of what is being taught and offered online." He explained.

Speaking on the efforts of Ogun State government in improving the standards of education, Odemuyiwa noted that Gov Abiodun had been planning digitalization of education before the COVID-19 pandemic came.

He said: "Ogun State Government believed in technologically driven education. And it has been preparing for a sort of digital classes across all sector of education in Ogun State.

"So, immediately the COVID-19 pandemic started and the lockdown began, we swung into action to start with the OgunDigitClass." He added.

Odemuyiwa however disclosed that all over Nigeria, "we are the first to go online in that respect; teaching via television, radio and online, from basic education all through to secondary school level".

According to him, the pandemic has brought about internationalization of education and students should take advantage of the OgunDigiClass to get the best from what the government is offering them.

He then advised parents to ensure they monitor their children or wards towards helping them to take full advantage of the programme.