The Federal Government has introduced design thinking, coding, robotics, and artificial Intelligence (DTCRA) in the newly established smart schools nationwide.
Executive Secretary of the Universal Basic Education Commission (UBEC), Dr Hamid Bobboyi, who disclosed this to journalists, said the government is determined to equip learners in smart schools with the necessary skills needed to support the technological development of the country.
He explained that the introduction of the programmes would equip the students with the right skills necessary to inspire critical thinking, creativity, innovation, and nurture problem solvers among young learners.
Bobboyi added that the vision of the commission to integrate DTCRA in smart schools would help the country nurture globally competitive learners.
In his remarks, the national coordinator of the Digital Resource Centre (DRC), Prof. Bashir Galadanci, said the workshop had brought together seasoned experts drawn from academia, the private sector, and the commission, to brainstorm on the best ways of integrating the necessary skills into smart schools.
UBEC spokesperson, Mr David Apeh, in a statement, said the commission had recently established 37 smart schools across the country.
He noted that smart education was an ambitious programme introduced within the basic education sub-sector with one smart school in each state of the federation and the Federal Capital Territory (FCT), Abuja.
“Fourteen of these schools have taken off in different parts of the country, with learners exposed to modern blended methods of teaching and learning, and the use of technology in improving learning outcomes,” he stated.
