Slum2School (@slum2school) has launched the first Virtual Learning Classroom to provide education for children in slums and remote communities in Nigeria. The virtual leading studio/classrooms by Slum2School is the first of it’s kind in Nigeria and Africa. It is virtually connecting thousands of children living in slums and remote communities in Nigeria – to professional tutors and expert mentors. These tutors come from across various industries and countries.
Slum2School Virtual leading studio/classrooms provide access to other forms of support programs including guidance and counselling sessions and skill acquisition programs. These virtual classrooms are bridging the educational inequalities heightened by an ongoing pandemic and ensuring that no child is left behind.
Slum2School Virtual Learning Studio/Classrooms Campaign
Slum2School Virtual Studio/Classroom has virtually connected 948 children from several slums and remote communities to tutors and mentors. The newly launched Slum2School Virtual Learning Studio/Classrooms has sparked up a campaign to sponsor and onboard 10,000 children in undeserved communities across Nigeria between July 2020 and December 2020.
The Slum2School Virtual Learning Studio/Classroom is a state-of-the-art virtual space for learning. Various activity and discussion-based classroom experiences are recreated. It connects learners from several communities and cities who can easily log in concurrently and join real-time, case-based class sessions with their peers, teachers and trainers. It is a powerful innovative learning space not only for the students but the teachers and helps bring a much more intimate, measurable and equitable opportunity for learning. The Virtual Learning Studio/Classroom is scalable, aids a blended and hybrid learning, is affordable and is truly effective for remote face to face learning.
For the past 8 years, Slum2School has remained committed to providing access to quality
education, health care. and a happy community to thousands of children living in slums and remote communities in Nigeria. Slum2School has leveraged various private and public partnerships and a teeming strength of over 10,800 volunteers across several countries to sponsor and support a holistic education process for the increasing number of out-of-school children. Particularly children living in undeserved, hard-to-reach communities.
Slum2School Goal
Slum2School’s goal to on board 10,000 children is geared towards ensuring that the right of every child to education, good health, and a happy connected community is upheld – during and beyond a global pandemic. This is to ensure that the talents of Nigeria’s most precious resource, her children, is nurtured adequately. It is also to ensure that every child regardless of their socio-economic background, is equipped with all they need to go after their dreams while remaining instrumental to nation building.
In a statement to the Press, Slum2School’s Head of Operations and Communication, Ruth Ebe, emphasized the collective responsibility it takes from individuals, volunteers, partners within the private and public sector, in ensuring that hope is restored for every child. She invited all interested organizations and individuals to join forces to see that this innovative program is supported, sustained and scaled.
