Robotics4Kids STEAM education project was initiated by BIGT Infotech Solutions Limited to solve the challenges created by the dearth in technological innovation in Nigeria and Africa. The mission is to ignite the passion for ICT and Technology in pupils as young as 4 to give them technology insight from an early age. This would secure Africa’s next generation. The pupils learn innovative skills, Digital skills and taught to have an entrepreneurial and leadership mindset. The focus is to reach elementary, Junior Secondary and Senior secondary schools with the initiative and training programs. This sets the pace and engineers other activities that re-aligns the pupils to think in an innovative manner solving Africa’s problems with skills the learn from the classrooms. Activities of the initiative includes integrating STEAM skills and programs into their regular curriculum, creating a competitive idea driven environment where they can experiment using critical thinking and problem-solving analytical skills. Research has proven that children who are exposed to STEM Education at an early age will be prepared to understand STEM concepts in their latter and academic career. As the world focus shifts towards STEM, government policy makers and educators have realized that by providing the right tools to the child to succeed in STEM, it is providing them a big advantage in their future.

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• Africa
• Asia and Pacific

• Women
• People with disabilities

Each person should have the opportunity to acquire the necessary skills and knowledge in order to understand, participate actively in, and benefit fully from, the Information Society and the knowledge economy. Literacy and universal primary education are key factors for building a fully inclusive information society, paying particular attention to the special needs of girls and women. Given the wide range of ICT and information specialists required at all levels, building institutional capacity deserves special attention. Continuous and adult education, re-training, life-long learning, distance-learning and other special services, such as telemedicine, can make an essential contribution to employability and help people benefit from the new opportunities offered by ICTs for traditional jobs, self-employment and new professions. Awareness and literacy in ICTs are an essential foundation in this regard. To achieve a sustainable development of the Information Society, national capability in ICT research and development should be enhanced. Furthermore, partnerships, in particular between and among developed and developing countries, including countries with economies in transition, in research and development, technology transfer, manufacturing and utilization of ICT products and services are crucial for promoting capacity building and global participation in the Information Society. The manufacture of ICTs presents a significant opportunity for creation of wealth. The attainment of our shared aspirations, in particular for developing countries and countries with economies in transition, to become fully-fledged members of the Information Society, and their positive integration into the knowledge economy, depends largely on increased capacity building in the areas of education, technology know-how and access to information, which are major factors in determining development and competitiveness.