BY DAYO ADESULU
Veritas University, a private institution in Abuja, has issued a circular calling parents to decide whether their children would be physically present on campus or engage in virtual learning.
According to the circular, the option of online learning is due to concerns raised by parents over the security of students in the face of rising cases of kidnapping.
Authorities of the Catholic Church-owned institution, its management had decided to offer the online learning option to students whose parents were still raising fears over their safety on campus.
The circular signed by the university’s Registrar, Dr Stella Chizoba, requested parents to decide whether their children would resume physically or virtually. Veritas University is presently on break.
Chizoba said: “In recognition of this fact, therefore, and after due consultations, Veritas University Management has decided that the rest of the second semester of the 2021 session will be blended. That implies that lectures will be held both online and physically within the campus.
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“In consequence, therefore, students and their parents/sponsors are free to decide whether to resume physically onsite in the university or to continue their lectures online.”
Recall that some schools shut down recently in Abuja over reports that some bandits operating in Niger State, including abducting students from schools, were sighted in some communities near the Federal Capital Territory.
