COVID 19: First Bank Partners Lagos on e-Learning project

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Opeyemi Adelere

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First Bank of Nigeria, in partnership with Lagos State government, is set to equip and empower primary, secondary and tertiary institutions with e-learning solutions and devices in an attempt to cushion the effect of school closure on academic calendar resulting from the spread of COVID-19.

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The low-end devices preloaded with government accredited curriculum are designed to work offline so that indigent students and their teachers could beat the constraints posed to e-learning solutions by high cost of data .

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Speaking on the partnership, the Chief Executive Officer of the bank, Dr. Adesola Adeduntan, said the bank will be providing a sizeable number of devices in this drive to move one million students to e-learning.

 

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“This partnership is an avenue to support our children to remain resourceful and fully engaged at this time so that they can compete favorably with their peers internationally. It’s a responsible approach to empower them given that they are our future and the foundation to build our country to greatness. By partnering on this, we are solving a problem for families and for our future.”

However, the State Governor, Babajide Sanwo-Olu said there was need to have students engaged at the stay-at-home period. “We plan to use multiple media, including radio, TV and the internet to reach students. In addition, we have worked on a technology device loaded with the Nigerian curriculum that the students can use while at home. They will be able to continue learning, test themselves and send tests to their teachers who will also be equipped with the device.”

To keep children engaged and safe during this period, the governor and the managing director of First Bank have jointly called on well-intentioned organisations to support the initiative.

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