Old Mutual Partners Lagos on e-Learning

Old Mutual Limited has gone into partnership with the Lagos State Ministry of Education to drive remote learning for students in vulnerable communities through the donation of 10,000 Radio Units to Students.

The company, said the move was in response to the COVID 19 that led to the closure of schools in Lagos State. The company, through a staff team led by the Executive Head Marketing and Chstomer Experience, Alero Ladipo, and accompanied by the officials of Lagos State Ministry of Education, made a presentation of the 10,000 radio units to students at St. Francis Jnr Grammar School in Lagos, recently.

The programme, which involved the broadcast of curriculum-based education through radio, was targeted at students in vulnerable communities with limited or zero access to internet-based virtual learnings.

According to her, with the gadgets, Old Mutual is ensuring that the remote learning initiative reaches 10,000 homes by donating free radio units to be distributed to schoolchildren across these underprivileged districts in Lagos State.

In her remark, during the donation, Ladipo said, “we understand that despite the impressive growth in internet connectivity and access in Nigeria, there are low-income families who cannot afford to access internet-based virtual learnings, which is fast becoming the conduit of remote education.

“As an organisation, we believe that no one should be left behind in the provision of quality education. So, we are proud to partner the Lagos State Government, who shares the same ethos and have evolved a low-tech and affordable strategy to drive remote education through radio broadcasting. Our support is to enable children from 10,000 low-income families, who cannot afford a radio set, to be able to tune in to this remote education during this pandemic.”

The Lagos State Commissioner for Education, Mrs. Folashade Adefisayo, who was represented at the event by the Director, Public-Private Partnerships, Lagos State Ministry of Education, Dr.

Olufunke Oyetola, stated that the support from Old Mutual would help the state in its quest to broaden the scope of education in the state.

“The Old Mutual support is coming at a critical time when we need more hands to help build the future of our children. This exemplary gesture will help us to accelerate the adoption of virtual and remote learning as education and schooling would never remain the same post-COVID-19,”