Skool Media Nigeria Limited has urged all stakeholders to put all hands on deck towards changing the course of education to make it a tool of transforming the society, noting that a transformed education will give birth to a transformed society.
Skool Media said in a release signed by Mr. Sola Oluwadare, Head, Corporate Communications & Strategy that as a way of promoting this, it is working on a one-stop-shop application called “Exam Padi” that will address challenges students face in preparation for examination at this time and make it friendly to them.
“The fact remains that without a proper change in the context and content of education to reflect a preparation towards modern society, any other effort will be an exercise in futility.
“This app will, therefore, be a best-in-class teachers’ and technology solution to provide Nigerian students with high-quality, affordable, and open education.
“This serves as a gap-bridging device that will fast track learning rate as the school calendar adjusts to normal. We also believe that it will enable Nigerian children to compete favourably with their counterparts all over the world.
“When education in Nigeria experiences transformation, the future is indeed secure for our nation.
“We believe that transformative education is the responsibility of the family, the school system, the society, and the government.
“African countries, in particular, need to work hard to ensure that education is placed in its prime position in the 21st century, particularly as the Covid-19 curve is flattened.
Oluwadare assured that Skool Media will continue to maintain its commitment to promoting the course of education through collaboration with the education stakeholders in Nigeria to support ideas geared towards advancing education.
“Our Students Technology Experience Centres and Teachers Digital Learning Centres in most Federal Unity Colleges will continue to serve as avenues to acquire necessary digital skills for Nigerian teachers and students so that they can compete favourably with their counterparts globally,” he said.
The celebration of the 2022 International Day of Education is coming at a time all stakeholders in the education sector in Africa should be committed to transforming the context and content of education to make living meaningful, particularly as the world prepares to navigate the post-Covid-19 era.
The first International Day of Education was observed four years ago by United Nations member states and other relevant bodies; and since then, it has become a special annual event.
Hence, the fourth International Day of Education Day is being celebrated on Monday, 24 January 2022.
The theme of this year’s celebration is “Changing Course, Transforming Education,” with the purpose of the theme targeted at strengthening and welcoming the revival of education.
The United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO), has said that the physical recovery from this pandemic is that people are back at work and are sound and healthy but mental recovery is only possible when “our education is back on track which is the most vital thing to do.”
The UN agency maintains that the 2022 theme stresses that education itself must be recovered, and its importance must be redressed for the large benefit of our generation.
