Investment In Digital Resources Necessary To Advance Girls In Education – Experts

Stakeholders in the education-technology space have been advised to invest in digital resources to enhance the quality of education among girls.

This was the takeout of the conversations during the October edition of EdTech Monday, an initiative of the Mastercard Foundation in partnership with Co-Creation Hub.

The virtual roundtable moderated by a social engineering practitioner, Joyce Daniel, featured panelists such as national programme officer, UN Women Nigeria, Patience Ekeoba; associate product marketing manager, Google, Temilade Adelakun and former commissioner for Women Affairs and Social Development, Akwa Ibom State, Eunice Thomas and an undergraduate of University of Benin, Oseme Eigbodion.

At the roundtable with the theme, “Advancing Girls’ Education Through Digital Learning,” the former commissioner, Thomas stated that there was the need to address unconscious biases against the girlchild to ensure that digital learning is made possible and interesting. She maintained that with the world going digital, time has come to let Nigerian girls understand the significance of digital learning to their overall growth.

She highlighted that though there have been issues around policy implementation in the education sector, the solution lies in stakeholders working together to monitor and evaluate the implementation.

In her remarks, Adelakun noted that government and other stakeholders have a big role to play in eradicating gender-bias and enable access to digital learning for the girlchild.

CJN Sets Up Election Petitions Tribunals Monday

The Chief Justice of Nigeria, Justice Olukayode Ariwoola, will tomorrow inaugurate the election petitions tribunals that would settle appeals that may arise from the conduct of the 2023 general elections.

This was disclosed by the director of information and press of the Supreme Court, Dr Festus Akande, in Abuja yesterday.

According to Akande, the event is slated for the Andrews Obaseki Auditorium at the National Judicial Institute (NJI) in Abuja.

He explained that the venue was considered in view of the large number of the tribunal members being expected to grace the inauguration ceremony scheduled for 9 am.

Over 400 judges from states and Federal High Courts have been carefully nominated by the president of the Court of Appeal, Justice Monica Dongbam, to serve on the panel.

With the flag-off of campaigns by the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) on September 28, the lid for the 2023 general election was officially lifted. About 18 political parties are vying for various positions in the election.