Politics
VICE President Kashim Shettima, on Wednesday commended the partnership between the Kukah Centre and the ProFuturo Foundation in support of quality digital education, especially in vulnerable communities across the country.
Shettima made the commendation when he received a delegation from the Kukah Centre and the ProFuturo foundation led by Bishop Matthew Kukah.
He said the foundation’s initiative for digital education aligns with the nation’s quest for skills education through the National Council on Skills and the Renewed Hope Agenda of the administration of President Bola Tinubu.
The vice president expressed fulfilment with the feat attained in school enrolment as well as the quality of training and teaching since the commencement of the programme in 2017.
“Though a lot has been achieved over the past years, there is still more ground to cover, given Nigeria’s growing population amidst competition in the allocation of scarce resources across the country.”
Shettima proposed an interface between the implementing partners of the digital education initiative and critical stakeholders.
He listed the stakeholders to include: the National Board for Technical Education (NABTE), the Industrial Training Fund (ITF), the Federal Ministry of Education, and Universal Basic Education Commission (UBEC).
He said the interaction would facilitate the cross-pollination of ideas that could help produce robust solutions to the issue of school enrolment in parts of Nigeria.
Shettima pledged to introduce the ProFuturo initiative to the National Economic Council (NEC) for the purpose of digitising the Universal Basic Education Boards across the country.
Earlier, the Founder of the Kukah Centre and leader of the delegation, Bishop Matthew Kukah, expressed readiness of the foundation to support the administration of President Tinubu in the area of digital education.
Kukah said vice president Shettima’s commitment to the digital education initiative across the country was a demonstration of critical leadership necessary to proper Nigeria for the next phase of global development.
Also, the Deputy Director, ProFuturo foundation, Mr Albert Martinez, said the implementation of the initiative in Nigeria was supported by the combination of a local capability and dedicated political leadership.
He said that since inception the project in Nigeria has continued to make significant strides as a result of the dedication of stakeholders.
According to him, stakeholders adjust where necessary to enable the partners to deepen and expand the ProFuturo digital education initiative.
Similarly, the project coordinator, Dr Emmanuel Nkanta, said since its inauguration, 13 states, 123 schools, 72,000 students as well as 1,150 teachers have been impacted by the digital education initiative.
He emphasised the need to bring on board more partners and improve funding to scale the interventions across the country. (NAN)
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