Educationist says Unstable power supply is a menace to effective online education

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Deficiency in stable electricity supply is threatening effective online teaching and learning in the country, Head of Political Science Department, Kwara College of Education, Mr Babatunde Abdulkareem Oro, says.

Abdulkareem, during an interview with the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) in Ilorin on Saturday, said due to the effect of the coronavirus pandemic, schools in the country had adopted virtual teaching and learning method.

However, the lack of stable power supply poses a threat to effective teaching and learning process.

He expounded that it is not all about access to internet facilities, as most students who even have access don’t have stable electricity supply to follow lectures accordingly.

He questioned, where is the electricity to be able to follow up accurately with your timetable?”. Electricity is a major threat to effective online education in Nigeria, he said.

Hence, the government needs to set the pre-requisite factor in place first, that is, sort the issue of the power supply before it can effectively campaign for online teaching and learning.

“The ongoing online teaching is one-sided and not effective. After resumption, I expect schools to start from where they stopped before the outbreak of the pandemic and carry all the students along,” he further said.

Abdulkareem encouraged government at all levels to invest in education and power sector in order to boost the economy.

Reported by: Fatimah Oyesanmi