Nigeria: Ministry Designs Software for Science Education



Daily Trust (Abuja)

24 September 2007
Posted to the web 24 September 2007

Umma Umar Muhammad


The Minister of Science and Technology, Mrs. Grace Ekpiwhre has said that the ministry has designed an Information Communication Technology (ICT) programme that packages science curricula in software for school children.

Mrs. Grace Ekpiwhre disclosed this when she received the Governor of Edo State, Senator Oserheimen A. Osunbor who paid her a courtesy call in her office.


A statement from the Chief Information Officer of the ministry, Abdulganiyu Aminu quoted the minister as saying that young school children are well-placed to grasp the nitty-gritty of computer technology faster than adults, emphasised the need to popularise Information Communication Technology among the young ones at a early stage.

In view of this, she said the Federal Government, through the ministry is also planning to expand the scope of its computer for all Nigerian programme by subsidizing the cost of computer towards making it affordable to all Nigerians.

She advised the Edo state government to set up an effective institutional framework for an effective relationship with her ministry.


Earlier, the government of Edo State, Senator Oserheimen Osunbor had appealed to the minister to support the state's pilot scheme for the setting up of computer laboratories in designated secondary schools in the state. The objective of the scheme, he said, is to raise the awareness level of the next generation of leaders through the acquisition of requisite information technology.

Senator Osunbor also solicited for the assistance of the ministry in procuring laboratory equipment from Science Equipment Development Institute in Minna for secondary schools and tertiary institutions in the state.

Finally, the governor also hoped his state could benefit from the services of Nigerian Space Development Agency (NASDA) in the provision of data on forest depletion, erosion control and general land use.

Developing a software when not up to one tenth of the school children are accessed to ICT. This is ridiculous, cant see it to be beneficial.

Joey82:

Developing a software when not up to one tenth of the school children are accessed to ICT. This is ridiculous, can't see it to be beneficial.

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Naija gofment misfire again!
which student will use the science package,
an average naija secondary student no sabi use computer.
On which computer or dem think dey can run computer softwares on blackboard or thin air

Let the government be serious about providing IT facilities first.
IT teachers, Computers, should come and then all other things will fall in place
straight man.

Computers should be made available to all (parents and students) anyhow

Blow:

Naija gofment misfire again!
which student will use the science package,
an average naija secondary student no sabi use computer.
On which computer or them think dey can run computer softwares on blackboard or thin air

Let the government be serious about providing IT facilities first.
IT teachers, Computers, should come and then all other things will fall in place
straight man.

Computers should be made available to all (parents and students) anyhow

If they can't use it they should be taught to. The world is moving and we need to move with it.