The Oyo State government is set to partner with Media and Digital Skills Center Nigeria to train its public school students in Coding, Robotics, Artificial intelligence and Drone Technology.
The programs, according to the Honourable Commissioner for Education, Science and Technology, Barrister Rahman Abiodun Abdu-Raheem, is aimed at bridging the craving gaps in the education sector, thereby launching the students into real digital skills that will engage them positively.
Barr Abdu-Raheem, who said the pilot training programs for the three selected schools in the state is laudable, expressed his delight and optimism that the practical skills will be of tremendous benefits to the students and society.
The approved pilot programs has been scheduled to commence in Bishop Phillips Academy, Iwo Road Ibadan, CAC Grammar School, Aperin, and St. Annes School, Molete, from 9th May, 2022
Barr Abdu-Raheem emphasized that the state government was ready to immediately grant the request of the center, to further enhance the quality of education in the state.
The founder of Media and Digital Skills Center Nigeria, Engineer Ajibola Abiola, expressed the willingness of the center to collaborate with the state government to bridge education gaps in secondary schools.
He said the scheme will corroborate the education structures, improve learning through the ‘Catch Them Young’ philosophy and assist in engaging the students in real practical digital skills, which will help in preparing them for entrepreneurship in the nearest future.
Engr. Abiola emphasized that engaging these teeming young Nigerians positively in creative, and innovative skills at this crucial era, where crime rate, cultism, ‘yahooism’, drug addiction, among other vices, are on the high side, will in no small measure, engender in our students a very sound and practical education.
He further posited on the need to support real knowledge by real practical solutions, through a dynamic educational curriculum, so as to blend with the changes in the world, brought about by the advent of technology, especially, Digital Electronics, Robotics and Artificial Intelligence.
