First Bank presents devices to Lagos Govt to boost e- learning

FIRST Bank of Nigeria Limited, has presented 20,000 units of e- learning devices to the Lagos State government. The devices are planned for distribution to school children. The event was held at the State House in Marina, Lagos.

With the gesture, the Lagos State governor, Babajide Sanwo- Olu said the State had found a “real development partner” in Firstbank, noting that the intervention came at a time the Government was massively deploying technology to transform the conventional mode of teaching and learning.

The presentation of these devices which is also in partnership with Robert & John ( an edu- tech company who owns Roducate) is part of activities implemented to close the gap caused by the disruption in children education’s due to schools’ closure, following the COVID- 19 pandemic. So far the Bank has enabled over 10,000 free sign- ups to the Roducate elearning platform with the goal to empower one million students.

Mr. Sanwo- Olu said: “When we were developing our vision to change the face of education in Lagos, we knew from the outset that we could not achieve much progress in improving the quality of learning without using technology as a strong enabler. So, it is not out of place that we are witnessing more infusion of technology in learning and this intervention by Firstbank could not have come at a better time.”

“It feels great when you have people and organisations share in your vision and working with you to realise it. I’m glad to say that we have found a real development partner in Firstbank, which has supported us to actualise the vision we have signed to achieve.