UNILAG Resumes Physical Classes May 10

Management of the University of Lagos (UNILAG) has announced May 10 for resumption of physical lectures.

The development which was announced after the successful completion of the first semester’s virtual and physical examinations will be in place for the continuation of 2019/2020 academic session.

The Deputy Vice Chancellor (Academics and Research), Prof. Oluwole Familoni, said the university has mandated it for all students to comply with COVID-19 preventive measures to aid the smooth running of the second semester academic activities.

Familoni said the university successfully deployed its e-learning platform during the first semester, which held virtually.

According to him, “The online learning system deployed to complete the first semester academic activities for about 50,000 students, both undergraduates and postgraduates was for the period of eight weeks.

“The lecture was delivered successfully through the customized Learning Management System (LMS) the university library deployed its services to support students with print resources, the library also offer help through the Chat-a-librarian service where students have access through virtual chat and special arrangements were made for the visually impaired students.

“The online examination was conducted using a cloud based online Platform, the WebTest and the students were supported with free data by the school management and the students were also well monitored.

“It is in our cognizant opinion that the university of Lagos and all other institutions should be encouraged to further use the virtual learning platform through the use of special ground for the university to be able to carry out this work”.