In its bid to contribute to deepening the penetration of
Information and Communications Technology (ICT) in Nigeria’s education system,
promote teacher-education as well as improve students’ performance in
examinations, a leading ICT solutions company, Coscharis Technologies, has
launched Edu-Mobile. It is Nigeria’s first mobile school. It is primarily
targeted at primary and secondary school students and teachers.
Embedded
in ASUS mini-pads with Brain Friend software, Edu-Mobile is a mobile learning
programme that integrates a typical school environment into an App so students
and teachers have round-the-clock, real-time access to learning. Brain Friend
is proprietary software developed by Cinfores, an ICT education development
company.
While
speaking at the launch, Managing Director, Coscharis Technologies, Emomine
Mukoro, stated that Edu-Mobile comes with a curriculum library, which covers
the totality of syllabi used in primary and secondary schools in Nigeria, and
tailored to provide teachers with quick learning needs, including the
flexibility to modify the classroom environment. He said the device could also
provide career guidelines to help students make suitable career choices as well
as prepare them towards achieving such goals.
According
to Mukoro, “Coscharis Technologies is delighted to introduce the Edu-Mobile, a
21st century teaching and learning solution anchored on innovation, rigorous
standards and excellence. Developed in partnership with Cinfores and ASUS,
Edu-Mobile is designed as a solution to the low technological expertise among
Nigerian teachers and the attendant effects on both students and learning. With
Nigeria curriculum-based subjects and textbook applications, in addition to
test assessments and answers, Edu-Mobile reduces the financial burden of buying
several study texts.
It
has a ‘prep platform’ that prepares students for JAMB and WAEC examinations and
also a video tutorial content offering step-by-step explanations on all the
topics.
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