Oyo State Government is set to partner with the 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.
The Commissioner, who said the Pilot Training programs for the three selected schools in the state as laudable, expressed his delight and optimism that the practical skills would be of tremendous benefit to the students and society.
The approved pilot programmes have been scheduled to commence in Bishop Phillips Academy, Iwo road Ibadan, CAC Grammar School, Aperin, and St.Annes School, Molete, from May 9, 2022.
Barrister Abdu-Raheem emphasised that the state government was ready to immediately grant the request of the centre, 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 centre to collaborate with the state government to bridge education gaps in secondary schools.
He said the scheme would corroborate the education structures, improve learning through ‘Catch Them Young Philosophy and assist in engaging the students in real practical digital skills which would help in preparing them for entrepreneurship in the nearest future.
Abiola emphasised that engaging these teeming young Nigerians positively, in creative, innovative skills in this crucial era, where the crime rate: cultism, ‘yahooism’ and drug addiction are on the high side, would in no small measure, engender in the students a very sound and practical education.
He further posited the need to support real knowledge with real practical solutions, through a dynamic educational curriculum, to blend with the changes in the world, brought about by the advent of technology, especially, Digital Electronics, Robotics and Artificial intelligence.
