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Many African countries appear to have relinquished their developmental responsibilities under the excuse of foreign aid. They shift the developmental responsibilities to the donor communities. The situation in these countries is such that almost every crucial sector, influencing national economies, in African countries is being run by the donor states and agencies.
Fund to boost the Universal Basic Education in Nigeria
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Mr. Gordon Brown, former Prime Minister of Britain and UN Special Convoy on Global Education, revealed the mutual programme initiated by United States Agency for International Development (USAID), The United Kingdom’s Department for International Development (DFID), the Development Commission of the European Union and the Global Partnership for Education to inject $250m, besides Federal Government’s contribution of the same amount for giving a boost to the Universal Basic Education (UBE) in Nigeria.
Mr. Brown further revealed that government of Nigeria should ‘submit an application from time to time for the next seven years term will be devoted to education development in Nigeria’.
Such external interventions can help developing countries tackle the funding gap in educational sector, especially at the basic level. Nigeria has now a great opportunity to transform primary education for the better, including enrolment numbers, staff training, development of educational infrastructure and overall education quality.
Intel’s new education solution to help Nigerian students
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Many stakeholders in the education sector are showing a keen interest in the development of education in Nigeria. In another development, world’s leading chip maker company, Intel has designed a new education solution to provide students access to free and cheap e-learning resources.
The Intel Explore and Learn Marketplace education solution is a learning tool for the keen learners of all the ages and offers learning materials like examination papers, podcasts, books and instruction videos.
This solution of offering online learning materials was launched by Intel in Lagos and is aimed at solving the
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educational needs at elementary as well as more advanced learning stages.
Bunmi Ekundare, Intel’s country manager for West Africa, said the solution would benefit all the stakeholders in education sector, including parents and teachers.
Mr. Ekundare says, “For us at Intel, we are not just focused on emerging technologies but also on the best way to deploy these technologies to ensure that it is relevant to all stakeholders involved.”
African Centre of Excellence, funded by World Bank
In addition to all the developments, the World Bank has shortlisted 15 out of 53 proposals from different Nigerian universities for final appraisal for African Centre of Excellence, which is funded by the World Bank itself.
Thirty universities from Nigeria, Togo, Cameroon, Senegal, Ghana, Benin and Burkina Faso successfully made into the final stage. The World Bank will fund $8 million to the successful applicants.
A Ray of Hope in Nigeria
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In Nigeria, primary as well as higher education has been a matter of concern for a long time. Poor educational infrastructure, poverty, lack of education, unstable socio-political setup and many other factors are responsible for the plight of education in Nigeria.
However, with powerful stakeholders showing enthusiast over the development of education system in Nigeria, there is a hope educational scenario in Nigeria is going to change in near future.
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