LAGOS TO SET UP 500 TRAINING CENTRES FOR CODELAGOS

The Lagos State Government has revealed plans to set up 500 Coding Centres in public and private schools across the State ahead of the launch of the CodeLagos Initiative in April, 2017.
The CodeLagos project is an initiative of the State Government targeted at equipping at least one million Lagosians with the skills of computer programming aimed at making the State the technology frontier in Africa.
Mr. Obafela Bank-Olemoh, Special Adviser to Governor Akinwunmi Ambode on Education, said the target of government is to set up 500 coding centres in schools, public libraries and community centres across the State in the course of the He said modalities are already in place to set up 300 centres by April in partnership with private organisations, adding that an agreement has been concluded with one of the leading financial service providers in the country, ARM.
According to Bank-Olemoh, “ARM will be setting up 15 centres and these centres will be established in Low Income Schools in line with His Excellency, Governor Akinwumi Ambode’s commitment to promoting inclusive governance and qualitative education for all citizens.
“This, we intend to achieve by providing equal access to knowledge for all Lagosians regardless of their socio-economic status and location.”

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