The Ajoke Ayisat Afolabi Foundation (AAAF), in partnership with the World Bank, has trained students of the State Senior Secondary School, Agege, on computer literacy, machine learning, and the use of Artificial Intelligence (AI).

The training was part of the foundation’s ongoing community connections campaign projects in Nigeria, aimed at empowering students with practical technology skills to improve their education, secure jobs, and become self-employed in the long term.

Representatives were selected from different classes across the school, with the hope that they would be able to transfer the skills acquired to their colleagues.

Executive Coordinator of the foundation, Foluke Ademokun, disclosed that the initiative is aimed at addressing issues of youth unemployment and skills gap in the country.

Responding on behalf of the school management, the Vice Principal, Sherifat Ajala, commended the foundation for excellent facilitation and the opportunity given to the students to interact with the best minds at the training.

Goodluck Innocent and Moses Faith, two of the students who took part in the training, were rewarded for good class participation.

While expressing gratitude to AAAF for the opportunity to acquire skills that would enhance their future employability, the students assured that the lessons learnt would be put to good use.

At the end of the training session, the school was presented with a projector, a laptop, and a projector screen.

Some of the beneficiary schools include Community Grammar School, Zion Pepe, Ondo state; Osolu Senior Secondary School, Badagry; Pobuna Senior Grammar School, Epe; and Baptist Model College, Ile-Epo.

Others are Ijaiye-Ojokoro Senior High School, Ifako-Ijaiye, and Unity Senior College, Alimosho, all in Lagos State, bringing the total number of empowered students to nearly 600.