After the Death of a lecturer due to COVID-19 at Yaba tech. See what happened to the student

After the Death of a lecturer due to COVID-19 at Yaba tech. See what happened to the student 

After a lecturer died of  COVID-19  on January 24, 2021, the Yaba Institute of Technology (Yabatech) closed the dormitory and transferred the course online. However, students are still very much on campus.

After the nine-month strike of the University Academics Union (ASUU) on January 25, the University of Lagos (UNILAG) resumed its studies and directly offered online courses for students. But like Yaba tech. is impossible 

Some Yaba tech. students said that she went to school because she didn't get enough from the online class 

She said, "I'm at school because I really don't understand most of the questions or tasks given, so we and other students come to school to help each other understand problems.

A student said, "I'm a ceramic student. I need some equipment for homework in school and department. That's one of the reasons why I spend most of my time in school.

Rashid Salami of the accounting department lamented that the online course was not interactive, so it did little to understand.

In most online classes, lecturers only contribute online, expecting us to understand them without any explanation. What I'm talking about is further mathematics and mathematics calculation courses. Those two courses are difficult, and the lecturer has no help at all. As a result, we are forced to seek help from some elderly people in the curriculum. That's why we meet in the school building -- receiving course guidance."

Abiodun owoseni of the Department of Business said that he used free WI-FI in school to save him the data cost of surfing the Internet.

I came to school because the school gives students some homework online for free Wi-Fi. It's helpful for many courses," said Abiodon.

Many other students also visited the campus and used WI-FI.

Access to YABA TECH. learning management system is not free, however, resulting in many students coming to campus to solve problems.

A lecture in the Ministry of Education declined to disclose his name, saying that some students complained about traffic jams.

Some students in the school are here because of online problems with online courses. Some students complained about these questions to the school management, but so far they haven't been given to the audience. He said.

Sharon, a student in the Department of Education Management, is one of the complainants. She lamented that the materials released online were not easy to download.

Reacting, Mrs. UNILAG, Principal Assistant Registrar for Corporate Affairs. Nonye Ogvuma said that there are channels for students to complain.

She said, "On the LMS platform, there is a help desk where you can complain. I don't know if the students complained there. They can write letters to director CITS; they can also write letters to the quality assurance director.

Because this is a new thing at Lagos University, there must be initial problems. We will deal with complaints when we receive them. Some people on the ground will deal with these problems. But we can only know the problems we have reported. Similarly, I hope the problem is not because students don't do the right thing, because sometimes when we start to solve these problems, we will find that it is a student's problem. They can even talk to HOD.

Although the university does not restrict students' access to campus, Oguma said: "This university certainly restricts crowd gathering."

Last Wednesday, the University School of Social Sciences organized a webinar for lecturers to help them transition from face to face to online teaching. The title is "Opportuns and Challenges for Online Teaching", assisted by the Doctor. Susie Scofield of Dundee University in Scotland.