Education Nigeria Project #44757

Sail Into The Future 2020

by Shining Light Beach School Foundation

Project Report | Oct 2, 2020
School Resumption for Select Students Amid Covid19

By Tanwa Talabi | Marketing Manager

Sanitisation of Classes

Covid19 pandemic has had a huge impact on the school year as schools have been closed since March 2020. We have also been unable to visit the school & village due to movement restrictions and also because we wanted to wait till the end of the pandemic to reduce the chances of people coming from the cities and spreading the virus to the village where our school is situated.

The government granted permission for students in certain classes (Year 9 and Year 12) to return to school in August 2020 in preparation for their final exams which was reschuedled for September 2020.

The Year 9 students write an exam to proceed to High School and the Year 12 students write an exam to graduate High School. Due to the fact that many students were not able to attend online learning, the resumption in August 2020 enabled students to prepare for their exams with their teachers in a face to face enviroment.

We had to put in place a daily sanitization plan to keep classes clean at all times. All students are required to have a mask on and maintain social distancing while at school. All students and staff members are required to frequently wash their hands and we had water stations and soap at multiple stations to make this accessible.This is to ensure that we keep our students and teachers safe. This process put in place has worked so far and we have not had any report of Covid19 in our school.

Our Year 9 & Year 12 students have now completed their exams and the government has recently announced that other students in other classes can now start attending classes in school. This is done with reduced school attendance with each group of students coming only 2-3days on a weekly basis. We will continue to do all we can to ensure we keep everyone safe while at school.

We hope you are all staying safe all across the world and we continue to pray for the end of the pandemic. We are also are sending a huge THANK YOU from Nigeria! All your support and encouragement makes these projects possible and we couldn't do this without you.

Thank You!

IBSF Board of Directors

Students maintaining social distancing

Students with masks on in Class

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Jun 3, 2020
Covid-19 & The Need for Online Learning Resources

By Tanwa Taiwo | Marketing Manager

Students In The Computer Room

The outbreak of the coronavirus has impacted the world in a profound way. There has been loss of lives all around the world with heathcare works dedicating their time and efforts in taking care of the sick. It has been a very difficult time for everyone all around the world. Many countries have been pushed into recession, shools have closed, many countries still on lockdown and many borders closed for incoming and outgoing flights.

Our students at the Shinning Light School have been at home since schools were ordered to close in March 2020 and there is no sign of when students will be asked to return to schools. Many students in Nigeria and around the world have resorted to Online Learning with teachers conducting classes through online mediums such as Zoom Meetings. This has worked well for schools that are set up for that. Adoption of online learning is dependent on both consumer who are the students and the customer who are the parents. In addition, there needs to be adequate internet connections for the students in their homes and for the teachers at school. Currently, we do have minimal internet service used when students have to watch online resource videos with their teachers.

Unfortunately, in our case, our students have not been able to benefit from online learning. At the school, we have just a couple of computers/laptops and do not have tablets or Labtops for our students or teachers. Many of our students do not own a computer or labtop. This reality has exposed one of the areas we need to work on to ensure our students get more access to technology and can benefit from the use of it in the future. A labtop/computer drive will be completed in the future by asking for donations of used/new labtops/computers. We will also be contacting telecommunication companies to seek their assistance in getting subsidized rates for internet connection for our school to give us unlimited internet access for students to be able to access online resources even during regular face to face learning in the classroom.

We are thankful that our students & teachers are safe at home with their families.We continue to pray for healing across the world, for comfort to all the families impacted, and an end to the pandemic. Thank you for your continued support of the Shinning Light School.

Students in the Library

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