The Coordinator of Common wealth Students Association (CSA), Precious Ebere has stressed the need to expose indigent students to technological aids to enhance their education.
In a statement, she said that students would also like to see an increase in online and digital learning opportunities, as technological tools continue to offer convenient and efficient access to education resources.
She said technology can be a powerful tool for enhancing education, particularly for disadvantaged students who may not have access to the same resources as their peers.
However, some of the things that many students want to see in the future of education include more personalized learning experiences, more opportunities to engage with real-world issues and problems, and more opportunities to network and connect with other students and educators.
The renowned development expert and policy analyst underscored the need to bridge inequality gaps in African democracy while advocating effective interventions that provide equal access to education and long-term learning outcomes for marginalized Nigerians by engaging critical stakeholders and encouraging youths.
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Addressing challenges in the education sector, she said following a real-time survey, it was discovered that Nigeria suffers lots of issues, from reducing 10.2 million out-of-school children to a situation where unemployment rate jumped and has been disproportionately borne by young people with almost 30 per cent of them out of work.
However, the initiative is contributing to the achievements of improving access to quality education and opportunity for young people using skills and human capacity development.
She said it was imperative to use technological aids to boost education, adding that she developed an application called ALLO.
She described it as an inclusive-interactive audio and visual instructional device that captures the Teaching at the Right Level (TARL) concept.
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