Thursday, 26 March 2020

COVID 19 / CORONAVIRUS IN NIGERIAN SCHOOLS, STOP THE VIRUS NOT EDUCATION

   9jaacademy seen as the one true solution for Nigerian schools


Since the outbreak of COVID 19 global pandemic several countries have been put on lockdown, some for a stipulated period of time while others are told to be on self-quarantine indefinitely or at least until the global infection rates starts a downward trend. These national lockdowns includes all non-essential businesses like fashion stores, building materials stores, bars, public swing pools, cinemas and  schools, the origin of the Coronavirus is not particularly clear but one thing that is becoming increasingly clear is the damage that this pandemic if not handled swiftly and with great care, will unleash upon countries and economies.


Covid-19 is here and it does not really matter what protectionary method a country takes, the damage will be incurred one way or the other, sadly some people and families will be more affected that others, there are also  issues arising from total educational  disruption  and in this case some students are more affected than others.
Schools in majority of countries European union  have been shut and students told to stay home and self-isolate in a bid to stop or reduce the threat of person to person transmission of the coronavirus, however, the most European   schools and schooling systems are aware that leaving a student home with no learning on a daily basis would be even more devastating to the economy in the long run, to meet this challenge of maintaining the mental development process of each school age European child , schooling for the time being have been moved to online only, in essence, each student still attends school just not physically .
In Nigeria, some schools have also closed their door and ordered students to stay home until further notice, however, in most cases the students stay home and study at their own volition,  


 Social distancing
With no proper guideline on what the student should lean and areas to cover within this lockdown period it seems the average Nigerian student is again left in the dark by their schools and their leaders. I recently had a call with a professor at the university of Abuja Nigeria, our discussion of course was centred around the school closure and what is expected of the students, when I suggested that the children will be missing their lectures and asked what facilities are put in place so that the time is not wasted for the students he told me that when the schools resume they will start off from where they stopped.
Well my  thought at that moment was “what if this social distancing approach takes a year will the student who was 19 years old when the school stops return back to school after a year and still be 19?” Well to be fair to the professor, online schooling facilities is not that common and is mainly the very rich schools that can afford it, even then more than 90% of the schools that have online learning facilities have their websites not really functioning in its best. Another reason is the cost of developing and maintain their own learning platform is considered by some schools as on the high side, what this means is that millions of Nigerian students if asked to remain home would essentially loose the time spent at home and therefore remain behind their counterparts in the international educational arena.
With the short term notice given in light of this coronavirus pandemic it would not be fair to totally blame Nigerian schools for not being able to provide the online learning possibilities for their students as most schools in Nigeria were just in the early stage of planning the implementation of online learning. 9jaacademy at www.9jaacademy.com provides to all Nigerian schools online learning platform for one(1) year free premium membership to help school reach their students and conduct proper school work.
9jaacademy provides schools with fully customisable school online platform for one year free, schools can create their classrooms, add staffs, add students, subjects, periodic testing, examination centres and even much more, with 9jaacademy premium membership Nigerian schools are granted unlimited student  listing which means teachers, instructors and lecturers can reach each and every one of their students at any time, in this time of the coronavirus pandemic, social-distancing is recommended as a means  of combating the spread of this pandemic.






If your school or the school of your child does not use any online service or own a dysfunctional online platform then you can register here and get your 1 year free trial , or you are a teacher, instructor or lecturer you can invite  your school  to join the 9jaacademy  to help you still teach your students while in self-isolation, with 9jaacademy you can function normally  as a teacher, lecturer and even student because 9jaacademy is not just a place to do classwork but rather provides various socialisation channels for each and every member of 9jaacademy, 9jaacademy is a place also for tangible knowledge transfer and personal development.
Visit www.9jaacademy.com today and give your school an outstanding global acknowledgements, help your students build the bridge for a better future for all, unlike most other retail online schooling platforms, 9jaacademy offers one year premium membership to all school, and a lifetime free standard user membership , together we will defeat this coronavirus pandemic !!!
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