Nigeria: Lagos SUBEB Empowers Staff On Advanced Microsoft Excel
The Lagos State Universal Basic Education Board (LSUBEB) has trained it’s budget, EMIS and evaluation officers on advanced Microsoft Excel and Office 365. The four-day retreat held at the board’s multi-purpose hall was aimed at equipping officers on the application of UNESCO Institute of Statistics (UIS) software, introduction to Family life HIV/AID indicator (FLH) with […]
LASG Unveils Online School Platform For Students
… Says It Is the Largest Digital Classroom in Africa The Lagos State Government has unveiled the EkoDigitalSchool.com website, an online learning platform introduced to engage students in classroom activities. In her address at the official launch and unveiling of the initiative at the Secretariat, Alausa, the Commissioner for Education, Mrs. Folasade Adefisayo, stated that […]
EKOEXCEL: Lagos SUBEB Empowers 14,000 Teachers Digitally
A total of 14,000 public school teachers in Lagos State have benefitted from the EKOEXCEL phase III empowerment programme, aimed at expanding their knowledge through technology and ensuring that they are globally competitive. The training kicked-off in 2020. Speaking at the brief graduation ceremonies held at Vetland Primary School, Agege and CMS Primary School, Bariga, […]
World Book Day: EKOEXCEL pupils’ accessing superior learning materials
As the world celebrates International World Book day on Friday 23 April, Lagos State Public Primary School pupils under the EKOEXCEL Programme, an initiative of the Lagos State Governor, Babajide Sanwo-Olu are joining the rest of their counterparts around the world to mark the significance of the day set aside to celebrate the joys of […]
EKOEXCEL: Parents Laud Sanwo-Olu’s Initiative on Basic Education
Parents of Lagos public primary school pupils have commended the state Governor, Babajide Sanwo-Olu for his brilliant intervention in repositioning the primary education through the EKOEXCEL programme. EKOEXCEL which means Excellence in Child Education and Learning, is an educational transformation initiative of the governor, aimed at bridging the gap in quality education delivery, through the […]
Why we initiated EKOEXCEL in Public Primary Schools – Gov Sanwo-Olu
Lagos State Governor, Babajide Sanwo-Olu said he introduced the EKOEXCEL programme in all public primary schools in the state to change the learning outcomes for pupils. The Governor made this known while speaking the the Chairman, House Committee on Basic Education and Services, Professor Julius Ihovnbere and members of the committee, the Commissioner for Education, […]
EKOEXCEL strengthen path for girls to pursue science education
EKOEXCEL has reiterated its commitment to strengthening quality education for girls and women in science which is especially critical for Nigeria’s development as it celebrated the international day of Women and Girls in Science. Lagos State’s EKOEXCEL active contribution to science education for the girl child from the basic level of education through active science-focused […]
Int’l Day of Education: NGO, EKOEXCEL Call for Uninterrupted Learning, Public Expenditure Allocation
Some Organisations and government bodies, recently joined their counterparts, the world over, to mark the 2021 International Day of Education which is held yearly on January 24, in celebration of the role of education for peace and development. With this year’s theme, ‘Recover and Revitalise Education for the COVID-19 Generation’, Action Aid Nigeria, a non-governmental […]
Lagos pupils get 450,000 MP3 e-learning devices
PUPILS attending the 1,016 public primary schools in Lagos State have begun getting MP3 devices to boost learning at home under the EKOEXCEL project. With the pupils attending schools only on alternate days in keeping with COVID-19 safety protocols, the EKOEXCEL team preloaded school work in audio format on memory cards in the devices which […]
Alawiye-King: EKOEXCEL Was Set up to Correct Moral Decadence in the Sector
Mr. Wahab Alawiye-King is the Chairman, Lagos State Universal Basic Education Board. In this interview with Funmi Ogundare, he explained why EKOEXCEL was introduced to correct the moral decadence in the education sector through inculcating the right values in the children. He said the board is currently embarking on an aggressive sensitisation campaign to ensure […]