“It is not surprising that some of the poorest scores and effects are recorded among scholars in the northern component of Nigeria. Having attended schools in northern Nigeria, I sense the realities that hinder student success,” she adds.
“A few years later, after several frustrating experiences with the K-12 school system, I presented Nasir with my concept for Shoola. Having also faced demanding situations in the school environment, he grasped this vision. Bringing his strong technical skills and enjoying construction applications, he joined the team to expand the first edition of Schoola,” he explained.
“While working as a Microsoft IT Academy program administrator at Kano Intercontinental School, I am guilty of making recommendations and making decisions related to generational integration into the school system,” Abdul Bature said.
At this point, Abdul, along with his co-founders, Nasiru Mustapha and Abdulalim Ladan, set out to expand a virtual learning platform that would make learning fun and effective.
“In one test, teachers assigned online quizzes via Google Classroom, and students showed little interest, complaining of hunger after 2 hours without politely participating in the quizzes. The next day, we brought the same thing and then gave them the same tests on the gamified site. Schoola Cell App.
As a result, everyone was able to complete their project in much less time, as they only had to make decisions and see the answer. They also saw that it made sense and that they could just pass and train, and in addition to coaching, I think. , at that time we only had double duty. They asked, “What is this mourning?” And we told them, and they kept fighting each other and they were there for two hours and no one asked for food.
“In 2021, we entered the INNOVO UK-Nigeria generation hub. That was the first accelerator program we participated in. After that, we embarked on the V8 Growth Lab Acceleration Program. He came with $100,000 convertible bills, which were the first cash we raised. “, he concludes.
“There was a school where a kid who wasn’t very smart academically ranked in the top 3 most sensible in his elegance after the school started Schoola. Then there was a dyslexic student who didn’t like to write but who stepped up particularly from the back end of his elegance. This comment was unexpected and poignant to me, and it showed us that we had kept our promise to help academics succeed better.
“I believe that if African edtech corporations solving serious disorders come together to integrate our solutions, identify our strengths and collaborate, we will see significant progress in the adoption and use of technology to improve our school system,” he adds.
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