Lagos State To Replace Blackboards With Multimedia

The Lagos State Government has finalized plans to purchase 2,000 multimedia interactive solutions for all secondary schools and tertiary institutions in the state to replace the conventional blackboards.

A statement released on Tuesday by the Director, Local Organising Committee, Cambridge-Hitachi Virtual Teaching and Learning, Ms Adebukola Oluderu, quoted Fashola as saying the move was to upgrade the educational sector in the state.

Fashola said, “All tertiary institutions and secondary schools, totaling about 10,000 in Lagos State, will have the multimedia interactive solutions in each of their classrooms to replace the traditional blackboards which will allow for world-class teaching and learning.”

The state will also host the first Cambridge-Hitachi Virtual Teaching and Learning Centre in Nigeria. The state Governor, Babatunde Fashola, stated that the government would be partnering with Cambridge-Hitachi to make the dream a reality.

Oluderu said the state’s partnership with the company was a result of a roundtable meeting on education in Africa held in October, 2014.

According to Oluderu, the decision of the state government was indicated in a bid forwarded to the Hitachi Group for tertiary and the secondary schools in the state.

She added that the meeting was yielding result with the Lagos State Government pioneering the hosting of the centre.