jibsai:

First his name is Ajimobi and not ajumobi...oyo state political slogan for dz administration is "Ajumose gbogbo wa" meaning it is our collective responsibility..."Ajumo mo" stated here mearly means its "collective understanding" more we should all be in the known zone, get informed...anyways this is a good idea, something to be happy about esp d students that will benefit directly...

Meritbaba: Must you criticise everything from the SW?

Dudu_Negro:

......the DAWN vision was to create a Common Front Enterprise for all governing lands under the Yoruba commonwealth. Part of their objective was that a child relocating from one state can resettle in another with a seamless transfer and resumption of his/her education because all the interfaces of classroom studies and instruction will be uniform.

Against that background, how does Ajumo Mo integrate a child relocating from Oyo to Osun where their tablet is called Opon Imo? Let us stop cheering everything as a brilliant idea. The age of cheerleading is past. What Osun did was innovative and brilliant, we don't need to reinvent the name - Opon Imo.

mankand:

He is 100% correct, why should he name it after himself? That is one thing that pisses me off this country. Why was he elected as a governor?

Only in Nigeria is see the elected seeing it as doing a favoir for the masses

Gbawe:

He did not name it after himself. What is the correlation between Ajimobi and Ajumo mo? Please let us be factual and not just assassinate character emptily.

speedyboi: Made by an 'asian company', when Zinox is there. Mtchw......

Sorry, but i can never be impressed with any Government ajumo whatever made by an asian firm when it can be made in Nigeria! Fullstop!

HNosegbe: What I'm not clear on is whether the teachers have been trained on the use of these tablets.

I mean, if it's a "learning tablet", someone's gotta do the teaching, right?

Afam4eva:
He should leave subsequent governors to name things after him and not him naming it after himself. It's not just right. If this stuff succeeds, the next governor might see a need scrapping if not for anything but for the fact that it has the name of the previous governor attached to it.

speedyboi: Made by an 'asian company', when Zinox is there. Mtchw......

Sorry, but i can never be impressed with any Government ajumo whatever made by an asian firm when it can be made in Nigeria! Fullstop!

jejet: @Gbawe,
I believe the guy is right. The introduction of this tablet is a smart move in the Western states initiated by Ogbeni. From the political point of view, the name "Opon Imo" is a nice one that others can also use (Morever they are talking about regional integration plan) instead of naming things after their names; same non sense Oyinlola did in Osun State (inscribing Oyin on all state properties). Shoud these guys loose power, consequent government would not see reasons to scarp the development for political reasons.

Afam4eva:
INteresting indeed...I guess i'll be expecting other ACN states to do same.

2curiousity: What many people here do not know is that all these 'opon imo', 'ajumo mo' of a thing is not new in Nigerian schools. Federal government started it few years ago through NCC and the project was given to ZINOX. What ACN government are doing is just rebranding this as if they are the pioneer. I am not condemning it, at least its a positive development but all am saying ia that federal government started it even since the time of Obasanjo and they have not made so much noise about it. What federal government did that time was that they picked on some schools all over the country, established ICT departments there and equipped them with necessary facilities, internet, solar power supply, 100 tablets minimum, computer systems and printers and even furnitures in most cases. they sent experts to train the teachers on how they will use it to teach the students as well. Whoever is in doubt should visit Methodist Grammar school, bodija and some other schools like that in Oyo state.

2curiousity: What many people here do not know is that all these 'opon imo', 'ajumo mo' of a thing is not new in Nigerian schools. Federal government started it few years ago through NCC and the project was given to ZINOX. What ACN government are doing is just rebranding this as if they are the pioneer. I am not condemning it, at least its a positive development but all am saying ia that federal government started it even since the time of Obasanjo and they have not made so much noise about it. What federal government did that time was that they picked on some schools all over the country, established ICT departments there and equipped them with necessary facilities, internet, solar power supply, 100 tablets minimum, computer systems and printers and even furnitures in most cases. they sent experts to train the teachers on how they will use it to teach the students as well. Whoever is in doubt should visit Methodist Grammar school, bodija and some other schools like that in Oyo state.

jejet: @Gbawe,
I believe the guy is right. The introduction of this tablet is a smart move in the Western states initiated by Ogbeni. From the political point of view, the name "Opon Imo" is a nice one that others can also use (Morever they are talking about regional integration plan) instead of naming things after their names; same non sense Oyinlola did in Osun State (inscribing Oyin on all state properties). Shoud these guys loose power, consequent government would not see reasons to scarp the development for political reasons.

Yeah, you're right. Keeping the name uniform would have been best for many reasons. Good initiative though.

HNosegbe: What I'm not clear on is whether the teachers have been trained on the use of these tablets.

I mean, if it's a "learning tablet", someone's gotta do the teaching, right?

VALIDATOR:

What FG did is completely different. They equipped a few school's ICT centers with computers and tablets. The states are giving out textbooks (in form of tablets) to all students. Putting a few books in the library is different from giving books to all students to take home.

Eko Atlantic:

Can you provide any credible source to back that highlighted claim of yours?

ShyM-X:


I don't think they need to do any "teaching" per se - they just need to show the students how to navigate the device(probably for a day or two). And with computing devices; once you use it regularly, you should be able to navigate everything on your own. It's more of a comprehensive e-book.

Topic:

I think this is a good initiative. And they overall cost would be way cheaper than buying hard-cover textbooks. Also, it depends on the memory of the tablets. Impressive.

Educational researcher Dr. Sugata Mitra’s “Hole in the Wall” experiments have shown that, in the absence of supervision or formal teaching, children can teach themselves and each other, if they’re motivated by curiosity and peer interest. In 1999, Mitra and his colleagues dug a hole in a wall bordering an urban slum in New Delhi, installed an Internet-connected PC, and left it there (with a hidden camera filming the area). What they saw was kids from the slum playing around with the computer and in the process learning how to use it and how to go online, and then teaching each other.

The "Hole in the Wall" project demonstrates that, even in the absence of any direct input from a teacher, an environment that stimulates curiosity can cause learning through self-instruction and peer-shared knowledge. Mitra, who's now a professor of educational technology at Newcastle University (UK), calls it "minimally invasive education."
At TED2013, Sugata Mitra made a bold TED Prize wish: Help me build a place where children can explore and learn on their own -- and teach one another -- using resouces from the worldwide cloud.


https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=C-5UlM5zln0

django1:

http://whatsupibadan.com/


Great move Ajimobi, let's get Oyo going.

django1:

http://whatsupibadan.com/


Great move Ajimobi, let's get Oyo going.

jibsai:

All I kno is we are in a federal republic where 36states make up d federation, why on earth will u insist states must be uniformed? Ofcos there will be a guildline, a format to follow...dats why it 6-3_3-4 format of education nationwide, that's y certain number of textbooks are recommended, that's y syllabus are given out. Now osun came out with "opon imo" for her STUDENTS, they designed it d way dey felt best suits dem nd there kids, why must oyo do dat? Is it a must? I say NO, I disagree with d idea dat dey most be uniformed. Laws of d 2 states differs, yes same party, good ideas but telln me oyo have to call it opon imo too is out of it. This is not a regional govt, it is 2 individual states wit a Govt dat can change in terms of policy, work rate nd continuity anytime...remember PDP's akala nd oyin agreed to split lautech, ACN's ajimobi nd aragbe have reversed dat...so if it were a joint project den there will b a law enforcing dat it does not break! ThankS

Dawdy: Osun state is now the father whose steps are being followed by the others. Gone are the days of ''Ajise bi oyo laa ri oyo kii se bi baba eni kookan'' now (Ajise bi osun laa ri osun kii se egbe baba won) kudos to Ogbeni Aregbe.