Free e-learning portals for primary and secondary school students is launched by the FG

FG has launched free e-learning portals for primary and secondary schools to enable them to keep learning even while schools are closed nationwide to prevent the spread of the Coronavirus.

Minister of State for Education, Mr Chukwuemeka Nwajiuba, who announced this on Friday in Abuja during the daily briefing of the Presidential Task Force on COVID-19, said all students in Nigeria have been granted free access to the following e-learning portals; the schoolgate.ng and the mobileclassroom.com.ng App.

Mr Chukwuemeka Nwajiuba said: “These e-learning platforms have been declared subscription free for Nigerian students in primary and secondary levels during the period of this lockdown as necessitated by COVID-19 pandemic."

Mobile Classroom is an indigenous mobile application that enables students to learn audio-visually through devices like phones and computers.