Providing information online about schools’ programmes, performances, school fees and other extra curricular activities for parents to be guided when choosing a school for their ward has proved to be one sure way of inspiring healthy competition among schools.
Chief Executive Officer of SchoolsCompass, a school discovery platform, Mr. Adeboye Oshinaga, who spoke during a briefing in Lagos to celebrate the achievement recorded by the company, said such platforms allows a healthy comparison and competition which is not only good for educational advancement but also for the society.
He said though the company, founded three years ago has been in the business of finding and collating information about schools to aid parents find schools that match their budget, location, facility and curriculum preferences, it has discovered that such services is bound to bring positive turnaround in the country’s education system.
Citing a recent research done by World Bank Group, titled ‘The impact of providing school and child test scores on educational markets’, Oshinaga stated that there is empirical evidence to show that providing information about schools in a private schooling market increased test scores by 42 per cent, reduced school fee by 17 per cent and increased enrolment by five per cent.
“This is because better comparisons across education providers improves market efficiency which in turn raises child welfare, and we see such developments taking place in Nigerian schools particularly now that we have crossed the milestone of 1,000 schools who trust us to increase enrolment into their schools by connecting them to ready parents eager to enroll their kids.
Oshinaga, added that not only does this kind of services guide and offer parents with required information, it will also inspire schools to be on their toes so as to continually remain relevant in the educational market.
He said solving the problem of school-search for parents in Africa who are finding the ideal schools and wishing to engage with schools online, gave birth to the firm.
“With more than 1,000 quality schools on ww.schoolscompass.com.ng, and over 20,000 parents visiting the site monthly, we are glad about the patronage we have received so far and hope to be the key destinations for Nigerian parents throughout the schooling life of their children as we become a community that fosters better school and education choices for parents,” he said.
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