The Glisten International Academy, Abuja (GIAA), said it had engaged pupils and students of the school remotely using technology tools which had recorded 99 percent success during the lockdown period of COVID-19.
Mr. Abba Saidu, the Executive Director (ED) of GIAA disclosed this on Thursday in an interview with the News Agency of Nigeria in Abuja.
Saidu said that the school had initially deployed technology tools, solutions such as Valium, a Nigerian-based educational platform, Khan Academy, drone education, Internet of Things, Lego Robotics and some other modern tools in educating students.
He said that prior to the Federal Government’s pronouncement for schools to be shut down, GIAA already closed and completed its second term academic activities remotely.
The ED also said it was important to engage the students in this period because it was a way of developing their minds and initiatives critically.
“In 2019, the school took a giant step of deploying a veritable Learning Management Systems (LMS), collaboration tools that provide over 800 devices for personalized learning both in the school and home remote learning online.
“Using the robust Microsoft platform such One Note, Microsoft Forms and Microsoft Teams, which are generally compatible, the LMS has shown that it is the way forward in transformational education.
“In engaging our teachers, pupils, students, we have an administrative login platform with everyone having their User IDs.
“Teachers drop lesson materials, students can log in to access academic materials, interact with teachers when online and we even hold virtual management meetings.
“Using these tools, we have completed our second term activities, we wrote exams while the student was home, have transmitted the results, bills for the Third term and it has been 99 percent productive.
“Our effort is to ensure that we build, sustain a robust education through digital transformation for our students to be able to face future challenges, innovate and compete favorably with their contemporaries globally,” Saidu said.
He also observed that it was impossible for all students or teachers to be connected online at the same time when required, adding that the school’s login platform was automatically accessible between 24 to 48 hours.
He further said that their students had their e-mail addresses to receive information from the school to remain abreast with activities as it should benefit them.
“Presently, we have communicated our teachers to start preparing their third term lesson materials which they will make available on the school’s e-learning platform and students can access them as well.”
According to Saidu, schools across the country can decently engage their students this period through the necessary tools for communication, either via e-mails, telephone communication and Whatsapp messages.
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