Nigerian President Goodluck Jonathan announced that Information and Communication Technology (ICT) will be incorporated into the National Education Curricular at primary school level.

Nigerian President Goodluck Jonathan announced that Information and Communication Technology (ICT) will be incorporated into the National Education Curricular at primary school level (image: file)

Jonathan inaugurated the presidential committee on broadband, and said that children need to pe exposed to ICT. “We must therefore start exposing our children to ICTs to encourage in them familiarity with new technologies and the desire to develop software programmes and applications.”

He added that it is necessary to include ICT in the curricular if Nigeria wants to stay ahead in technology – which has seen a tremendous upsurge over the last couple of years. “It is important to start thinking of how to build a digital economy particularly in this era of the knowledge economy. The critical factor here is that we are in the middle of a digital revolution that has seen ICT transform the global economy.”

According to Abuja-based Leadership, “he pointed out that broadband has the potential to facilitate the creation of new industries and introduce significant efficiencies into existing ones, adding that education delivery, health care provision, energy management, public safety, government/citizen interaction and the overall organisation and dissemination of knowledge will also benefit meaningfully from it.”

With the announcement that ICT will be included in the curricular, Jonathan also added that Nigeria’s National ICT policy will aim to increase broadband penetration by five-fold by 2017.

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mukina2: Nigerian President Goodluck Jonathan announced that Information and Communication Technology (ICT) will be incorporated into the National Education Curricular at primary school level.

Nigerian President Goodluck Jonathan announced that Information and Communication Technology (ICT) will be incorporated into the National Education Curricular at primary school level (image: file)

[size=16pt]Jonathan inaugurated the presidential committee on broadband,[/size] and said that children need to pe exposed to ICT. “We must therefore start exposing our children to ICTs to encourage in them familiarity with new technologies and the desire to develop software programmes and applications.”

He added that it is necessary to include ICT in the curricular if Nigeria wants to stay ahead in technology – which has seen a tremendous upsurge over the last couple of years. “It is important to start thinking of how to build a digital economy particularly in this era of the knowledge economy. The critical factor here is that we are in the middle of a digital revolution that has seen ICT transform the global economy.”

According to Abuja-based Leadership, “he pointed out that broadband has the potential to facilitate the creation of new industries and introduce significant efficiencies into existing ones, adding that education delivery, health care provision, energy management, public safety, government/citizen interaction and the overall organisation and dissemination of knowledge will also benefit meaningfully from it.”

With the announcement that ICT will be included in the curricular, Jonathan also added that Nigeria’s National ICT policy will aim to increase broadband penetration by five-fold by 2017.




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Just when I thought I have heard it all, They go and do this... What next?! Presidential Commitee on MODEM?!..

Okija_juju:



Just when I thought I have heard it all, They go and do this... What next?! Presidential Commitee on MODEM?!..

Godman_n: [size=14pt]Just copy copy. ICT or whatever you call it will not give us functional education. Let sort out the fundamental problem first and every other thing will add up. If I am in GEJ position, I will introduce a sound civic education first to empower our people with sound political knowledge. With these no politician can manipulate the people again.

Do this and give corruption a sound fight and everything will add up.

Trying to copy white people without first reshaping our thought processes will never work. We must understand ourselves as Nigerian, and as individuals before we can make a head-start as a people. It is this that is at the foundation of the problems we have in our nation. Colonialism made us an inferior people and we are yet to get over this. The Educational system they gave us was meant to make us their servants and not to empower us. The corruption they inculcated in us as a means of controlling us have given birth to an uncontrollable level of treasury looting and irresponsibility in our land.

These is the problem.

Copying and pasting will never solve our problem. Original thinking will do[/size]

binger: Make sense! Please an applause 4 our F.G on this. Its going to be a major leap in Science and Technological innovation for our nation in the coming generation.with dis decision,am sure kids will be more exposed to talent-driven career choices and not the regular 'i want to be a doctor/engineer/nurse/lawyer.Though i hope it is maintaind foreva

2tex: i tutor in a skol in Abj where ICT is tot from grade 1 up. U nid 2 c how fast these kids catch up.