President Bola Ahmed Tinubu-led administration has begun second edition of donations of tablet computers to secondary school students across the country, beginning from the Federal Capital Territory, Abuja.
The target, according to the Senior Special Assistant to the President on Technical, Vocational and Entrepreneurship Education, Abiola Arogundade, is to share about five millions computers nationwide.
While donating tablets to 50 Junior Secondary School students of Governor secondary school, Tudun Wada, Abuja, Thursday, Arogundade said the gesture to the institution is in tandem with President Bola Ahmed Tinubu commitment towards the promotion of skills training among the up-coming generation of Nigerians.
She said the training of Nigerians, particularly the youths to acquire diverse skills, will not only make them employable but also enable them to be self-employed after graduation from educational institutions in the country.
She stated that the donation of tablets is therefore, aimed at empowering the students to develop their technical and vocational skills in line with that President Tinubu renewed hope agenda.
She added that the gesture is the second in a series, which began last July, aimed at stimulating innovation in technical, vocational and entrepreneurship education among the youths.
“I am here with my team to donate tablets to 50 Junior Secondary School students of this institution as part of our mandate by the President to promote skills training among the up-coming generation of Nigerians.
“The President, Bola Tinubu, had at the beginning of this administration, mandated relevant Federal Government agencies, including my office, to train not less than five million Nigerians annually in diverse skills, not only to make them employable but also enable them to be self-employed after graduation. It is one of the pillars of the administration’s Renewed Hope Agenda.
“Today’s donation, therefore, is to empower the students to develop their technical and vocational skills in line with that Presidential mandate.
“It is the second in a series, which we began last year July, aimed at stimulating innovation in technical, vocational and entrepreneurship education among the youths. The overall objective is to change our education system from high percentage theory to high percentage practical. We must do this in order to remain competitive in the fast changing global technology-based economy,” she said.
Speaking further, Arogundade said: “We decided to start with carefully selected Junior Secondary School students of this institution in order to encourage high performance. Let me, however, assure the others who will not benefit today, that we will return in the near future to encourage them as well in line with the same mandate of the President that no one should be left behind across the country.”
Representative of Afrifone Ltd, the technical partner, Okafor Judith, said: “I stand before you with great pride and excitement to announce a groundbreaking partnership between Afrifone Ltd and the Federal Government of Nigeria, specifically through the Office of the SSA on Technical Vocational & Entrepreneurship Education.
“As part of this partnership, Afrifone Ltd will be empowering some talented technical students with our state-of-the-art Tablets, which function as mini laptops, providing these young minds with the tools they need to thrive in the digital age,” she promised.
