To facilitate entry to high-quality digital studying platforms, cut back the educational poverty hole, and reduce the variety of out-of-school kids in Nigeria, the federal authorities has launched a centralized e-learning platform for Nigerian learners and academics.
The platform was developed by the Federal Ministry of Training’s ICT division with technical help from the UK FCDO-funded Partnership for Studying for All in Nigeria (PLANE) program.
In response to the builders, the centralized e-learning platform will positively affect educating and studying nationally by offering a platform by which learners and academics can entry high-quality, curriculum-aligned instructional assets.
They famous that the e-learning platform is designed to interrupt boundaries in educating and studying, explaining that it connects learners to a complete database of interactive workout routines, movies, and texts that can assist them discover and enrich their experiences with digital instruments.
The builders maintained that the platform seeks to enhance coaching and supply entry to learning-based content material for academics.
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Talking on Wednesday in Abuja at a stakeholder workshop themed “Digital Studying Platforms, Accessibility and Inclusion,” organized by the Training Ministry and PLANE, Minister of Training Prof. Tahir Mamman urged academics, college students, and oldsters to entry and reap the benefits of accessible e-learning assets to enhance the usual of training within the nation.
Mamman, who defined how the federal government partnered with PLANE to develop a reference repository of e-learning assets to accommodate all accessible e-learning assets within the nation, additionally implored all stakeholders to companion with the federal government to attain extra entry to high quality training for learners in any respect ranges.
In his goodwill remarks, Senior Training Adviser on the British Excessive Fee, Ian Attfield, acknowledged that know-how, akin to digital training platforms, is reworking studying for college kids {and professional} growth for academics.
He urged stakeholders to consider inclusion and accessibility, for example, how learners and academics in rural communities with out entry to fashionable know-how also can profit from studying assets.
This, he famous, is necessary to keep away from making a digital divide, which disproportionately impacts girls and women.