Fatimah Bisola Ahmed, the Commissioner for Education and Human Capital Development in Kwara State, has outlined the efforts of the State Government towards using Information and Communication Technology in transforming the education sector in the state.
The commissioner, who stated this in Ilorin the state capital, explained that digitalisation of education sector, will come in two dimensions; the management and human capacity building respectively.
In the area of management, she explains the government is working relentlessly to introduce Education Management Information System (EMIS) by which education activities in various schools would be monitored within the state.
“EMIS will be configured such that monitoring can be exercised wherever the operator is… Wherever you are, you do not need to travel down to Kwara to monitor all education activities happening within Kwara state. You do not need to travel to where the school is to get information,” she said.
On the human capacity building, she states that the state government is trying to revive all the ICT centres in all the schools across the state. This according to the commissioner would enable Kwara State be to key into digitalisation big time and prepare the students towards digital economy even before they finish from their respective schools.
Ahmed made reference to Kwara Sate School for Special Needs, revealing that the state government has revived the ICT center in the school, she disclose that the State Government spent about Twenty-Two million Naira in order to revive the ICT Centre, as she notes that this will be done for other schools in the state.
Kwara state is one of Nigeria’s advanced state in the area of Education with expectations on innovations through ICT demanded from the incumbent administration.
The government has constantly restated its commitment to advancing the Educational system in the state, embarking on various projects to back this up since emergence.
SIKIRAT SHEHU, Ilorin
