20th July 2023
The National Coordinator of the Digital Resource Center organized a meeting between UBEC and the two content developers (Cinfores and Flexisaf) for the Commission at the DRC office. The objectives of the meeting were to discuss and verify the current status of the Learning Management System (LMS), School Management System (SMS) and their user manuals, the actual number of new contents developed, and the challenges encountered in the use of the content deployed to the pilot smart schools in Kano and Kwara States. The meeting also aimed to bring to the fore other prevailing issues and identify ways of solving them before the new academic session, when other smart schools are expected to commence activities.
As part of the resolutions reached at the end of the meeting, Flexisaf will deliver more content to be accessed via google drive and provide the criteria for the verification of the content to ensure a smooth process. Cinfores however, suggested a brief workshop to be held with the DRC staff to demonstrate how the content can be verified for suitability and accuracy, particularly for those that require modification. A template will be developed to contain a mode of conveyance which is either cloud-based, on a hard drive or a Google document. They further disclosed that 70% of the proposed new contents are ready while 30% need to be reviewed. Statistics of available content are 298 out of the proposed 600 video content with 80 more to be ready by the 12th of August, while the rest of the content will be ready by the 12th of September 2023.
A training session is scheduled for the 1st and 2nd weeks of August 2023 for teachers on the LMS and SMS platforms, to initiate their use, and train them on how to utilize it. The 1st batch will be for school administrators while the 2nd will comprise teachers in the 15 schools in 6 Geo-political zones.
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