Education Beyond Classroom - Winners Emerging

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Thumbs up to everyone that participated in the Zoom reception to commemorate our effort to mitigate the effect of Covid-19 on several low income schools across the four geopolitical zones in Nigeria through the Education Beyond Classroom by Produce Africa Development and Entrepreneurial Initiative.

Application for the opportunity which kicked off 6th May via the link: https://www.produceafrica.org/ebc/index.php, ended on 19th June 2020.

After days of scrutinizing several applications by a team of individuals randomly selected across different profession, forty schools ended up qualifying as beneficiaries of the initiative. Their qualification was based on the criteria in some paragraphs below.

Twenty three Schools, so far, out of the forty qualified schools have been verified (confirmed to have supplied correct information).

Education Beyond Classroom is an initiative rolled out by Produce Africa Development and Entrepreneurial Initiative in collaboration with IndexPortal Globe, Chokie Telecoms Ltd, Linsan Investment Ltd and Centdoor Limited to sponsor forty low income schools to set up online class rooms to facilitate uninterrupted teacher-student engagement, and training of teachers to become equipped to teach remotely.

A low income school in this regard implies a school in which a student’s yearly tuition amounts below one-hundred and fifty dollars, or, schools that cannot afford Learning Management Software due to low income generation.

The idea is to truncate the setback of Learning Management Software cost and to provide easy access to learning resources to facilitate both effective teaching and learning.

In the first phase 23 schools benefit instantly from the initiative. And they were announced on 25th June 2020 over a Zoom reception which featured speakers from Interswitch Nigeria and Annibol Group addressing topics on the role of technology to learning during the Covid-19. The reception equally served as a forum for school owners and representatives to share the strategies and methods they have individually adopted, so far, to keep learning going remotely and their challenges. The event kicked off by 2.00 pm Central Africa Time, and lingered for about an hour and thirty minutes. Over forty schools were represented at the event.

We are quite impressed by the submissions of all those that qualified. Below are the list of schools that qualified and that we have also verified. As we verify more the list will become lengthier

CONGRATULATIONS TO THE WINNERS!

1) New Bright Kiddies Nur/Primary School, Bariga Lagos State, Nigeria
2) Reintop School, Giwa Oke Aro, Ogun State, Nigeria
3) Tombey Foundation School, Ketu Lagos State, Nigeria
4) Model Primary School Kudan, Kudan Town Kaduna State, Nigeria
5) De-Future Hope School, Ojo Barracks Lagos State, Nigeria
6) Tejumade Ezekiel School, Ikorodu Lagos State, Nigeria
7) Perfect Praise Schools, Olowora, Lagos State, Nigeria
8) Precious Pearls School, Ilorin, Kwara State, Nigeria
9) LUTH/CMUL Muslim Cummunity Schools, Idi-Araba, Lagos State, Nigeria
10) Christine Science Primary School, New Owerri, Imo State, Nigeria
11) Purplestars School, Ogba, Lagos State, Nigeria
12) Gilgal Perle Montessori School, Magodo, Lagos State, Nigeria
13) Happy Child Montessori School, Ibereko, Badagry, Lagos State, Nigeria
14) Oloduwa Secondary School, Opuama Community, Delta State, Nigeria
15) Oghenovo Memorial Int'l School, Ojo, Lagos State, Nigeria
16) Saint John’s Nursery And Primary School, Ojo, Lagos State, Nigeria
17) Geofam Birthright Schools, Ojo, Lagos State, Nigeria
18) Tosvvi Precious School, Ojo, Lagos State, Nigeria
19) Franklin Comprehensive School, Magboro, Ogun State, Nigeria
20) Kabe College, Amuwo Odofin, Lagos State, Nigeria
21) Cerulean Academy, Ipaja Road, Lagos State, Nigeria
22) Early Advantage School, Ikeja, Lagos State, Nigeria
23) Christ Nelson Royal Schools, Badagry Express Way, Lagos State, Nigeria

The training of the schools' staff shall begin on Monday 6th July and shall be concluded on Friday 17th July 2020. Other details shall be communicated to the schools both by email and text messages.

We look forward to see the impact of Education Beyond Classroom on the schools' output during the Covid-19 and post Covid-19 phases.