Education, technology key to robust economy –Sanwo-Olu

Governor Babajide Sanwo-Olu of Lagos,Wednesday gave a snippet of his administration’s policy direction on how the state is building a resilient economy on the basis of education, technology and access.

Sanwo-Olu further stated that Lagos is pushing forward by leveraging technology and internet connectivity to deliver quality education to pupils in public schools in line with goals 4, 9, and 10 of the United Nations Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs).

He stated that the projected outcome of his administration’s education policy would lead to increased productivity and human resources, which, in turn, would keep the Lagos economy resilient.

Sanwo-Olu stated this when giving his remark at the Concordia Summit, a high power global side forum at the ongoing 74th Session of the United Nations General Assembly (UNGA) in New York, United States.

The Lagos governor joined three other panelists at the event that focused on the theme: ‘Building Resilient Economies on the Basis of Education, Technology and Access.’

Sanwo-Olu said Lagos would be witnessing fundamental transformation in the deployment of technology to deliver quality services in different sectors of the state’s economy.

The governor said the state had finalised partnership agreement with an international tech-based education consultant to begin the process of digitising school curriculum, with the objective to promote accountability in the delivery of quality education.

He said: “Lagos has a huge statistics in school distribution, which is greater than the total number of schools in some smaller African countries. Despite this huge number in supply, there is a little challenge in delivering quality instruction.

“In the last four months of our administration, we have been designing a process that will be leveraging technology as key enabler to upscale quality and promote openness in the delivery of education curriculum.

“We are on the verge of digitising the school curriculum. This effort is being done in partnership with an international tech-based education consultant, which has elements of success in deploying tech tools to deliver quality and affordable education. We are embarking on extensive teachers’ training to ensure that the projected outcomes of this innovation are achieved. All of these are set in motion to boost human recourses, which would result in increased productivity and the resilience of the Lagos economy,” Sanwo-Olu said.

Public schools, the governor stated, would also have access to the internet infrastructure to aid teaching and learning through tech devices that would be supplied later to the schools.

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