Project Details


WSIS Prizes Contest 2019 Nominee

Society for Microsoft Practitioners


Description

ICT for Community Development aimed at Educating and Developing the mental capacities of Public Primary School pupils in six different Local Government in Oyo State.

The State government of Oyo State under the leadership of Governor Alao Akala in conjunction with the State Unviversal Basic Education of Oyo State replicated the project in other 27 local government.

Before the inception of this project, public primary schools in Oyo States were not taught computer science. We started the project with thirty different primary schools in Oyo State before the State Government took the project from us and replicated it in all the local government in Oyo State

Project website

https://ictenlightenmentseries.wordpress.com/2014/08/14/ict-for-community-development-project-society-for-microsoft-practitioners-working-documents/


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Action lines related to this project
  • AL C2. Information and communication infrastructure 2019
  • AL C4. Capacity building
Sustainable development goals related to this project
  • Goal 4: Quality education

Global digital compact (GDC) objectives related to this project None

Coverage
  • Oyo State, Nigeria

Status

Ongoing

Start date

2009

End date

Not set


Target beneficiary group(s)
  • Youth

Replicability

The State government of Oyo State under the leadership of Governor Alao Akala in conjunction with the State Unviversal Basic Education of Oyo State replicated the project in other 27 local government.


WSIS values promotion

ICT for Community Development aimed at Educating and Developing the mental capacities of Public Primary School pupils in six different Local Government in Oyo State.


Entity name

Society for Microsoft Practitioners

Entity country—type

Nigeria Private Sector

Entity website

https://ictenlightenmentseries.wordpress.com/2014/08/14/ict-for-community-development-project-society-for-microsoft-practitioners-working-documents/