Edo State Government has commenced virtual home classes for students who are currently on holiday in a bid to team up with the Edo Basic Education Sector Transformation otherwise known as EdoBEST.
The programme is coordinated by the Edo State Universal Basic Education Board.
The program organized teachers to deliver lessons to the students through WhatsApp groups formed for the purpose.
It was learnt that in order to make the programme a resounding success and allow for monitoring, parents are to ensure that they provide their devices for their children and wards to join the classes, encourage their children to engage actively during lessons, encourage their children to complete and submit given tasks and also take pictures of their children while learning and share in the classes.
The EdoBEST initiative is at the second phase, as the first phase saw improvement in basic education in the state.
Reports revealed that the development had prompted Lagos and Kwara states to emulate the programme with the introduction of Lagos Excel and KwaraLEARN.
Incidentally, the then Executive Chairman of EdoSUBEB, Dr. Joan Osa Oviawe, during whose tenure the programme was launched, is now the Commissioner for Education.
