The Destiny Trust has launched a new block of classrooms and digital learning space for children in Abegede, Idi-Ori, Dongo and other surrounding riverine communities in Ibeju-Lekki Local Government Area of Lagos State.The project is aimed at expanding access to education for out-of-school children in hard-to-reach communities where distance, poor infrastructure, limited classrooms, teacher shortages, low internet connectivity and lack of electricity continue to prevent many children from learning.
Speaking at the event, Co-founder of The Destiny Trust, Abimbola Ojenike, said the project marked a new chapter for children in the affected communities.
According to him, while the new school block is important, the digital learning space represents a broader effort to use technology to take quality education to children in remote and underserved locations.
Ojenike added: “A new chapter has opened for the children of Abegede, Idi-Ori, Dongo and other surrounding riverine communities of Ibeju-Lekki. We opened a new school block with a digital learning space, but the most important part of this for us is not the physical school building.
“This also houses a digital learning space, an example of what we are working to set up in many remote communities. With the number of out-of-school children we have today and the barriers faced by different categories of children who are not in school, it is quite certain that we can’t take education to the last mile without the support of technology.”Ojenike explained that The Destiny Trust’s digital learning spaces are designed as channels for bringing quality learning resources to children in locations where there is low internet connectivity and no electricity.Through its learning platform, OurSchool Africa, the non-profit organisation is providing multimedia learning devices pre-loaded with video lessons covering the Nigerian basic education curriculum.
