…as STEM Africa Fest returns for its sixth edition
Stakeholders in Science, Technology, Engineering, and Mathematics (STEM) education have advocated that Nigerian schools and policymakers should prioritise critical thinking, creativity, and innovation as essential competencies for the 21st century, rather than a rote-learning, cramming, and regurgitation approach.
They argued that strengthening these skills through modern teaching methods is key to improving learning outcomes and building a workforce capable of driving Nigeria’s technological and economic development.
Jadesola Adedeji, co-organiser of STEM Africa Fest, disclosed this recently, saying that Nigeria needs to move away from rote learning, cramming, and regurgitating to a learning approach that really fosters experience and skills-building, sparking the innovation, creativity, and critical thinking needed in the 21st-century workplace.
“We just wanted our children in Nigeria to have that different experience of learning, being problem solvers, critical thinkers, and analytical, not just consuming knowledge.
