AMBODE APPROVES PHASE 2 OF CODELAGOS, TO LAUNCH 300 NEW CODING CENTRES NEXT MONTH
Lagos State Governor, Mr. Akinwunmi Ambode |
Lagos
State Governor, Mr. Akinwunmi Ambode has approved the implementation of the
second phase of the CodeLagos Project, which will be launched in September
2017.
The
approval is coming on the heels of the successful implementation of the pilot
phase of the project which has trained 5,464 students of primary and secondary
schools across the State.
Special
Adviser to the Governor on Education, Mr. Obafela Bank-Olemoh in a statement on
Sunday, said that 65 schools including government and private schools took part
in the pilot phase.
He
said: “The training has delivered to the students critical life skills
including basic computing, computational thinking and use of basic computer
programming tools like Scratch and python over a period of eight weeks and the
feedbacks have been inspiring.”
“Of
the 65 schools in the pilot, 23 are government schools of which seven of them
are girls’ only schools while two others are boys only.”
He
also disclosed that the experience and knowledge garnered from the pilot phase
has helped the Ministry to assess and fine-tune the framework and
implementation model of the project in view of future roll out.
“This
pilot phase has helped us test our assumptions and implementation plan, we have
observed what worked and what didn’t and would put them into consideration for
future roll out beginning with the next batch slated for September, 2017,” the
Special Adviser said.
Meanwhile,
the Government has concluded plans to roll out the project in all the
State-owned public libraries to ensure access to CodeLagos classes for more Lagosians
especially those out of the conventional schools system.
Bank-
Olemoh said that more Lagosians would have the opportunity to take part in the
training free-of-charge at any of the public libraries.
“We
currently have 12 Libraries and we are setting up Coding Centres in each of the
libraries for Lagosians to partake of the programme. We will also have coding
centres in our tertiary institutions,” he said.
CodeLagos,
an initiative of the Lagos State Ministry of Education, which aims to teach one
million Lagosians to code by 2019, was unveiled to the public in November 2016.
According
to Bank-Olemoh, “CodeLagos will ensure that the Lagos economy has the people
that will drive its development for the next 50 years, positioning Lagos State
as the technology frontier in Africa.
He
enjoined Lagosians to visit www.codelagos.org as the registration portal would
be open for the public to sign up for free on Monday August 21.
AMBODE APPROVES PHASE 2 OF CODELAGOS, TO LAUNCH 300 NEW CODING CENTRES NEXT MONTH
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