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Thursday,
March 26, 2020 / 9:11 AM / Firstbank
The CEO of FirstBank Dr.
Adesola Adeduntan has announced that the Bank in partnership with government
and other stakeholders is extending its attention to immediate needs in our
society in the face of the widespread COVID-19 by putting in place
complementary efforts in education to support students and minimize the
disruption to education resulting from schools' closure. This is following the activation of the
Bank's Business Continuity Process and subsequent deployment of safety initiatives
and measures implemented across its business outlets nationwide, to help flatten
the curve and ensure the safety and wellbeing of staff customers and other
stakeholders.
Dr Adeduntan explained
that many parents are concerned about children and wards whose education is
truncated by the current crisis and are particularly worried about keeping
children at home idle as all schools from primary through to tertiary institutions
are closed across the nation. Emphasising the urgent need to ensure that our
children are not disadvantaged, remain engaged and stay safe during this period,
he announced the Bank has concluded plans with the necessary authorities to
enable as many children as possible access e-learning.
Speaking on the initiative
to enable as many children move on to safe e-learning, Dr Adeduntan said "we
are warmed by the fact that different organizations have risen to the various
challenges and are supporting in areas such as health and welfare, and we feel
the peculiar needs of our children and youth must not be left out and have
therefore elected to focus on contributing to solving the current education
challenge. Education remains the bedrock of any society and we believe that
when we educate our children we enable our nation and produce global citizens
who provide ground breaking solutions for the continent and the world at large.
So, building educational partnerships is
an avenue to support our children to remain resourceful and fully engaged at
this time so they can compete favorably with their peers internationally. It's
a responsible approach to empower them given that they are our future and the
foundation to build our country to greatness. By partnering on this we are
solving a problem for families and for our future."
To this end, we are
working with the States; United Nations Global Compact; innovative technology
firms such as Robert & John to provide e-learning solution with the
Government approved curriculum for students across the country. The roll out
begins first week in April starting with Lagos State where FirstBank will
support the roll out of Roducate which has been adjudged a best fit solution by
educators, teachers and all necessary authorities. This solution has the full
curriculum on both the online and offline versions with the offline version of
particular interest as it eliminates the challenge posed by data affordability.
We call on well-meaning
organisations and individuals to join us and collectively rise to address the
challenges this current pandemic presents to our children and youth and are
reaching out to other organisations with complementary solutions to
also partner on this initiative for the youth who are our future. They must not
be lost in this pandemic'.
For more information on
how you can partner, please click on the link below
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