The 5th Industrial Revolution: Are We Ready?

Afolayan Daniel
Sep 5, 2018 · 2 min read
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I came accross Strive Masiyiwa’s post on Facebook about the Nigerian girls who won an award at Technovation world pitch competition. What really strikes me was one of his #reflections (An addendum which he puts out on the comment feed)

Having trained educators and students in Eastern Nigeria on Google Digital Skills For Africa, I felt that Strive has been able to List out #criticalneeds of our education system.

These are the #5CriticalNeeds of our #PrimaryEducationalSystem

Please take your time to peruse through the Reflection:

The 5th Industrial Revolution is upon us! If Africa is not to miss out on this one, governments, teachers and parents need to do five things:

#1. Every teacher at every level, must be issued with a tablet computer, as a standard job tool.

#2. Every child at school must have a tablet computer.

#3. Every school must have free wi-fi.

#4. Coding and STEM must be the main subjects stressed at schools.

#5. Entrepreneurship must be mandatory school subject for all high school and university graduates.

Do you want to add to this #5CriticalNeeds?

Do you think Strive was spot on?

Are we even in the 4th Industrial Revolution in Nigeria yet?

Or do you feel we are not there yet as a country?

Feel free to share your own thoughts. We will be waiting to hear you

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