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Six thousand girls have benefited from the Federal Government’s training on digital literacy, the Federal Government has said.
Project Coordinator, Adolescent Girls Initiative for Learning and Empowerment, (AGILE), Federal Ministry of Education, Amina Haruna said 140 teachers across the seven participatory states – Borno; Ekiti; Kadauna; Kano; Katsina; Kebbi and Plateau – also benefited from the training.
She spoke in Abuja during the Unity Schools Old Student’s Association (USOSA) Education Summit with the theme: “Transforming secondary education for the digital age”.
AGILE is a $1.2million project supported by the World Bank to provide training for girls in some select states.
The government, through the project, is looking at training and providing instructional materials to learners on digital literacy.
Haruna said: “We have trained about 6,000 girls in digital literacy; we have trained about 140 teachers across the seven participatory states of AGILE in Borno, Ekiti, Kaduna, Kano, Katsina, Kebbi and Plateau state. 11 more states are coming under the additional financing making the project the biggest in West Africa and is worth $1.2million.
“We are looking at training the teachers because the teachers have to be equipped. We are looking at the provision of enough conducive learning to them to be able to learn.”
President-General of USOSA, Michael Magaji said there was a need for schools to embrace digital learning.
He said the target of the association was to show the benefits of digital learning to stakeholders.
Magaji said: “USOSANs have moved from complaint mode to solution mode a long time ago and this is why we are gathered here to discuss the issues and find solutions.”
Africa Head of SME Banking, United Bank for Africa (UBA), Ajayi Babatunde assured that the bank was committed to deepening digital education in the education ecosystem.
He further assured that the bank was committed financially to assisting all the players in the ecosystem.
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