When you think about vocational learning in Nigeria, the picture that comes to mind for many people is road-side, informal and unstructured training, right? Not anymore! The Twim Art Institute is disrupting the vocational education sector.

Let’s dive right in:

The Twim Art Institute is located behind Jericho Mall, Onireke, Ibadan on a property consisting of 3 buildings and a total of 30 classrooms. Blocks 1 & 2 currently accommodate the different departments, classrooms and studios while there are plans to use Block 3 for library, e-learning and related purposes.

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Established 5 years ago as Twim Academy, The Twim Art Institute is approved by the Oyo State Board for Technical and Vocational Education and offers short-term courses. TAI has 5 departments:

Department of Media, Photography and Film: This department offers a Foundation Course in Media Arts with Specialization options in Photography or Filmmaking. Courses currently last for 3-6 months.

Department of Fashion: This department currently offers a comprehensive 6-month Certificate Course in Fashion Design. The course begins from the basics and covers Pattern Drafting, Textile Studies, Garment Construction etc. There is a specialization option for wedding gown design.

Department of Interaction Design and Multimedia: This department offers a 3-month course in User Interface / User Experience Design. Other offerings from this department scheduled for the near future include 3D Animation and Game Design.

Department of Culinary Arts: Do you want to be a chef? This is for you. The Twim Art Institute offers a 4-month course Culinary Arts course that is designed to teach you professional cooking and hospitality- from local to intercontinental cuisines.

Department of Entrepreneurship and Innovation: All students at The Twim Art Institute pass through this department. Besides a 1-month Entrepreneurship Development course that walks you through what you need to start a business, the department also offers courses in Social Media Management and Blogging, and entrepreneurship / business-related master classes.

Faculty
All Instructor-level faculty at The Twim Art Institute have a minimum of a first degree, are accomplished professionals and possess years of vocational experience in the relevant fields. Student to Instructor ratio is less than 10:1 for most courses. For some advanced specialization courses, there is also a pool of “Subject Matter Experts” (who are practising industry professionals) and not full-time members of the Twim Institute faculty.

Learning Environment
The Twim Art Institute has separate well-equipped studios for fashion, photography, sound and video production. These are different from the classrooms. There is also a kitchen for culinary arts. In addition, there are temporary library facilities, pending the setup of the institute’s library. Sport facilities are also available.

(The last attached picture is from a field trip to Lekki Conservation Centre and not within the school)

Contributions to the Society

Besides training hundreds of people who no longer need to search for jobs, The Twim Art Institute hosts The Twim Institute Annual Conference. In just 3 years, this has become one of Nigeria’s biggest entrepreneurship events, with the 2018 edition bringing together over 2500 participants from all over the country. One of the most unique things about this conference is that it showcases some of Nigeria’s most dynamic young entrepreneurs and change makers as against “known” motivational speakers. The best part is that attending The Twim Institute Annual Conference has always been free.

Awards & Recognition

The Twim Art Institute (formerly known as Twim Academy) has commanded a lot of international attention for its disruptive work in the vocational sector and its approach to solving the problem of youth employment. In 2015, Twim Academy was honoured in South Africa as one of MasterCard Foundation and Ashoka’s “Innovations for Youth Employment in Africa” winners. In the same year, Twim Academy emerged as a Finalist for the Ford Foundation Prize for Youth Employment. Twim Academy was listed as one of the 50 Most Innovative Startups in Africa by New York Forum Africa and has been a leading voice in the employment and entrepreneurship discourse both in Africa and beyond.

The Twim Art Institute Founder & Rector, Olumide Adeleye, was a Speaker at the 2018 Concordia Annual Summit in New York, a summit that featured other distinguished speakers from around the world including Ivanka Trump, Microsoft President Brad Smith, Nigeria’s former President Olusegun Obasanjo, Kwese TV’s Strive Masiyiwa and others. Olumide Adeleye also worked on the “Education Challenge Africa” at the DO School in Berlin in 2015.

Pls can I get their contact address u can reach me on my email address shinapraisea@gmail.com

Shinapraise:
Pls can I get their contact address u can reach me on my email address shinapraisea@gmail.com

Website: http://twiminstitute.com
Email: info@twiminstitute.com
Phone: 09033279205 or 09093114869
WhatsApp / SMS only: 08103484322

Read about The Twim Art Institute on Forbes (then known as Twim Academy): https://www.forbes.com/sites/ashoka/2015/01/14/how-5-creative-young-people-are-addressing-youth-employment-in-africa/

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=f1ggg5n7j4c

New term beginning at The Twim Art Institute! Available courses include Fashion Design, Media Arts (photography and Film), User Interface / User Experience Design, Performing Arts and Entrepreneurship.

For more details, call / WhatsApp 09033279205 or visit http://twiminstitute.com