COVID-19: Skyline University adopts virtual learning

The management of Skyline University Nigeria has adopted a virtual learning approach to ensure academic activities are not disrupted by the coronavirus pandemic.

This was announced by the university’s management in a statement issued yesterday, following the directives of the National Universities Commission (NUC) to shut down schools in an effort to curb possible spread of the deadly virus in the country.

The University’s Registrar, Mr. Firoj Kumar Rauta stated that the move to adopt virtual learning mechanism was to preserve the health of the students amidst the outbreak that has paralysed many countries as well as to ensure students’ progress with their studies.

The registrar said, “Faculty members have been trained on Virtuale-learning platforms to take online classes.”

Firoj, who is also an expert in IT education, stated that 22 faculty members had participated in the training on virtual e-learning, covering 15 courses for the undergraduate students of the institution.

“The hardware, software and systems are all there to ensure continuity of studies in the various programmes, monitoring progress, projects and continuous assessment”, he stated.

Skyline University Nigeria is one of the most technically enabled universities in North West Nigeria.

The university had a successful head start on transitioning to virtual learning education and has conducted classes from March 25 owing to its closure.

Hence, the university is already running digital learning.

Earlier, the Registrar had stated that SUN had established schedules and standards for the online lectures, marking of attendants for individual and group classes.

“Regular absenteeism, except under exceptional circumstances, can lead to failing a course.

And although the students are sitting alone in their homes, there’s a sense of spirit, of enthusiasm amongst them.”

He encouraged the students of the university to stay focused amidst other distractions.