“Reviewed Unified Scheme of work geared towards meeting Global Education Standard” – Sanwo-Olu

 

“Reviewed Unified Scheme of work geared towards meeting Global Education Standard” – Sanwo-Olu

                                                                                                                                     Olugbenga Adebiyi

In order to make  education to conform to global standard and make the teaching learning process more interactive, the Lagos State Ministry of Education unveiled the new scheme of work with some E-book and mobile learning application for secondary school students at the NECA house recently.

The Governor of Lagos State Babajide Sanwo-Olu represented by Mrs. Folashade Jaji while giving her speech at the unveiling said, the reviewed unified curriculum became imperative in order to “meet the demand of modern education without veering off the national benchmark provided by the Nigeria Education Research and Development Council (NERDC).”

She also said, the unified scheme of work is a ground breaking statutory document designed to revolutionize education in the state and aim at making the acquisition of learning take roots in learners and conform to global best practices in the 21^st century.

Speaking further, she said the new scheme of work  are “age-specific” and this serve as a veritable reference materials to meet learners needs as stipulated in the NERDC curriculum.

While reiterating the achievement of the state government in the area of education, she said “over 15,000 teachers have been retrained through the EKO-EXCEL with digital- learning innovation.

During her speech, the Honourable Commissioner of Education, Mrs Folasade Adefisayo stirs up the audience by singing in Yoruba rhythm to make goal of education realization through a concerted effort.

The special guest also took time to visit the exhibition stands where some students exhibited some of the robotic project and artificial intelligent made by them. A student from one of the secondary schools in Lagos also did a presentation on how some of those thing discussed could work. At the climax of the event, the revisewed unified scheme of work, mobile learning application and E-books were unveiled and presented officially while students from various secondary schools, teachers, and other stakeholders were invited to the podium for the unveiling.