Eko Atlantic: Aregbe has laid the foundation for other governors thanks to him.
Expecting Lagos, Edo, Ogun and other states in Nigeria to follow suit.

God bless Nigeria.

Gbawe:

I suppose you know more more than UNESCO (United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organisation) and it's many technocratic experts. I would think they know a good educational aid when they see one. You guys should just learn to control the need to criticise blindly and negatively.

I can tell you that even 5 year olds use tablets, smart phones and touch screen devices in the UK with ease. They are so intuitive at it that kids as young as 3 are totally at ease in an Apple I-store. The interactivity and real benefits of these devices are amazing. Yet you people, with unobjective and personalised criticism not at all congruent with world reality and the fast pace of universal development, want the Nigerian child to continue to lag behind , in an IT age, so he/she will have the poorest skill-set that will be very hard to transfer in future. Even the sole argument of getting young Nigerians adept at using information technology, as soon as possible, is a winner on it's own and worth any initial learning circle of maintenance, restocking, upgrading issues this may present. Once an entrenched idea, then problems are overcome and this becomes the norm. Same as touch-screen technology, relatively unknown 15 years ago, is the cornerstone of everything we do today.


http://www.govtechnology.com.ng/top-story/1192/unesco-endorses-opon-imo-for-osun-state-students/

Gbawe:

He is not right and you are confusing two separate issues. If you say there is a good argument for naming this "Opon Imo" ,for uniformity, instead of "Ajumo mo" , then I agree and have already said so earlier.



It still has to be said that anyone who says Ajumo mo is named after Ajimobi is flat wrong.

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.

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...

Anvaller:

Gbaweeeeee... Can u explain to me how this will work? How do they intend to implement this? Would they distribute Ipad to every secondary school student in Oyo state? U and I know that they won't do that because they can't do it so if u think they can, tell me how. As far as I am concerned, this is just a blatant political stunt, they don't want to do fundamental things that will benefit every student, instead they want to distribute Ipad to some privileged few and make noise in the media about how they are doing wonders in Oyo.. is that not the ACN insidious gimmick? Are u seriously asking us to believe that picture in the article u posted is reality?

Ipad is not what an Oyo student need. They require much more basic study facilities than an Ipad.. The problem in Nigeria is that our politics and policies are plain stupid.. we want to leap from 0-10 without going through the steps in between. And now u drew points from how 5 years-old are proficient with the use of Ipad in the UK... Well that's a bit of manipulation of information to score point for ur argument. Yes, a 5 years old might be proficient with Ipad in the U.K but that point is pointless in this context
1) Students are not bought Ipad as study incentives by their government, it's simply gadgets bought for them by their parents and that is only those that can afford it, not all kids have Ipad even at high school levels. The core of computer literacy in the U.K is still based on PCs and laptops in study environments but here, Oyo a state with countless dilapidated inhabitable classrooms wants to start from Ipad ... this is a joke.
2) Research as shown that the use of Ipad and smartphones by high school students in Europe is a distraction away from studies as they spend every minutes possible on social media. There had been debates that schools should ban students from bringing Ipads to classrooms... but the challenge still remains the smartphones as they can not be denied the right to use phones.

From my observation, this strategy is just to embark on only cosmetic but not necessarily sustainable projects that will serve as essential element to wheel their media popularity propaganda.

3ace: This is a good development but I hope it won't be counterproductive. I can see angry birds and fruit Ninja games on the tablet. I expected them to make the tablets strictly for studying. Most of these children are not disciplined enough to know that there's time to play and study. Before you know it, NFS,PES,FIFA e.t.c will flood the gadget alongside with some musical videos and probably porns. My boss's son was banned from using his father's laptop until he finishes secondary school when it became evident that he was using it to watch movies, play games at the expense of his studies.

brownlord:

Who send you make u mention my state for this rubbish, nice move Oyo state govt as i dont know the level of educational standard there. But for Osun, its a failed project, for God sake, this student need the basics and not e-learning materials, there is no school in my local govt. that have up to 5 - 6 teachers, they depend solely on corpers, which i think its not right, corpers are suppose to be teaching assistant, have said it before, if not for security reasons, i would have taken picx. of class rooms in most of the schools in my LG and post it on this forum, my school just did first CA and some of this student sat on the floor to write, other have chair but no desk, na wah for this omoluabi people o

Dudu_Negro:

If you notice, i repeatedly mentioned DAWN. This is because the governors themselves voluntarily sponsored that platform as a regional front going forward. I am only being patriotic by demanding that they deliver on what was promised. It is a good interface for learning and there's no need to give it six brand names in each of the six governing states in DAWN partnership. The agenda is there for guidance, why deviate from it because Nigerian constitutiin says you can.

Honey74: what is dis 'copy copy' that dese governors r doing? Can't he come up with an idea on his own? must he do because someone else has done. *looooooooonnnnnngggggg hiiiiissssssssssssssssssssss*

Gbawe:

You make some good points which are addressed already. The tablets will not browse the net because they are internet-disabled. Only specific educational materials and games are preloaded. The Operating system only needs to be one that prevents uploads of unauthorised material and it will be impossible for anyone to import any material not of an educational nature on to the tablet.

Honey74: what is dis 'copy copy' that dese governors r doing? Can't he come up with an idea on his own? must he do because someone else has done. *looooooooonnnnnngggggg hiiiiissssssssssssssssssssss*

Gbawe:


Can you and others not see the obvious? Do you not understand the huge difference in per capita income to note that most parents in the UK and in developed nations can give children adequate after-school study aids?

Are we a developed nation or even near being one? If we are pragmatic, realistic and solution-driven, it will be obvious the government needs to spend even more of Nigeria's wealth on ordinary Nigerians instead of the very small percentage connected to Governance.

Let me tell you all this right now as something most Nigerians are not aware of. Nigerian Senators can get as many as three I-pads totally free of charge because of their job!!! Do they deserve it more than our children who are the future and cornerstone of any national greatness we are planning for?

In relation to that, what is the need for argument as per the notion of Nigerian children gaining an educational aid, much cheaper than an I-pad, that helps them learn optimally and introduces them to important technology that is now homogeneously important worldwide?

With our universally touted "one dollar per day" poverty, we must welcome every government effort to negate how poverty can prevent our children from being the best they can be. I really do not want to engage in a long back and forth and will simply ask you to note that I believe socio-capitalism is best for Nigeria given where we are today. My example of 5 year old using tablets in the UK is to show that we must move to counter economic advantages others have that keep their children, even in sleep mode, ahead of kids in Nigeria. You may enjoy arguing for the sake of it but, after all is said and done, we cannot escape how developed nations keep ahead of the technology/innovation pile because of the massive investment, private and public, in human development.

omonnakoda:
H0rny and honey are very different words

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...

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!

docjuli:

That's exactly their points. This present administration as you clearly mentioned has his name everywhere.

VALIDATOR: Who are these eediots that do not even understand Yoruba language saying he named it after himself.Why not seek clarification from those who understand the language? FYI, Ajumo'mo means collective knowledge (pool of knowledge) and is not related to Ajimobi (rising up to find your way... or something like that).

Also, is anything wrong in not calling it Opon imo (tablet of knowledge)as Osun, it's pioneer did? So, you are saying if Anambra state introduces same thing they should call it Opon imo? It is hi time we learned to appraise things for effectiveness and efficiency and not just on sentiments. We should be more concerned about having an appraisal system for the project from conception to realization. We should be more concerned about if it is just a way for the governors and his paddy's to siphon money or if it is a project that will add value to Nigerian students living in that state.

Gbawe:

He is not right and you are confusing two separate issues. If you say there is a good argument for naming this "Opon Imo" ,for uniformity, instead of "Ajumo mo" , then I agree and have already said so earlier.



It still has to be said that anyone who says Ajumo mo is named after Ajimobi is flat wrong.

Meritbaba: Must you criticise everything from the SW?

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.

VALIDATOR: Who are these eediots that do not even understand Yoruba language saying he named it after himself.Why not seek clarification from those who understand the language? FYI, Ajumo'mo means collective knowledge (pool of knowledge) and is not related to Ajimobi (rising up to find your way... or something like that).

Also, is anything wrong in not calling it Opon imo (tablet of knowledge)as Osun, it's pioneer did? So, you are saying if Anambra state introduces same thing they should call it Opon imo? It is hi time we learned to appraise things for effectiveness and efficiency and not just on sentiments. We should be more concerned about having an appraisal system for the project from conception to realization. We should be more concerned about if it is just a way for the governors and his paddy's to siphon money or if it is a project that will add value to Nigerian students living in that state.

brownlord:

Who send you make u mention my state for this rubbish, nice move Oyo state govt as i dont know the level of educational standard there. But for Osun, its a failed project, for God sake, this student need the basics and not e-learning materials, there is no school in my local govt. that have up to 5 - 6 teachers, they depend solely on corpers, which i think its not right, corpers are suppose to be teaching assistant, have said it before, if not for security reasons, i would have taken picx. of class rooms in most of the schools in my LG and post it on this forum, my school just did first CA and some of this student sat on the floor to write, other have chair but no desk, na wah for this omoluabi people o

rodeo0070: Its a good initiative from the present administration. Among other things, Oyo state needs to devote more towards infrastructure and human development...

omonnakoda: Next thing people will say Arsenal is named after Arsene Wenger and Man City after Mancini.
Yoruba is a complex language based on tonality. If a politician exploits linguistic coincidences to his advantage then goodluck to him but Ajumo and a ji mo have very different meanings even though they may sound similar.
H0rny and honey are very different words