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Local Content: NCDMB trains 70 teachers on new STEM Educational Device On By Udeme Akpan THE Nigerian Content Development and Monitoring Board, NCDMB, has concluded the training of 70 teachers drawn from nine oil and gas producing states, including Lagos on Science, Technology, Engineering and Mathematics, STEM education in schools. According to the NCDMB, the training took place at the Nigerian Content Conference Hall, NC Towers in Yenagoa, Bayelsa State recently. In a statement obtained by Vanguard, NCDMB, stated: “The training was focused on K-Yan Device, a digital classroom solution, d...

Peter Uzoho Oil and gas training organisations in Nigeria lost about $2 billion between March 2020 and March 2021, due to the negative impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on businesses across the world. The Financial Secretary of the Oil and Gas Trainers Association of Nigeria (OGTAN), Mr. Matthew Olaleye, disclosed this in Lagos during a media briefing ahead of the association’s forthcoming 2021 Lecture Series/Annual General Meeting (AGM). “For every contract that is awarded in the oil and gas industry, three per cent is expected to go for training. About $2 billion that was, based on our ca...

The fourth industrial revolution (4IR) has begun. And Africa is not only lagging; the continent also lacks skilled human resources, especially women, that would enable it to take advantage of this technological advancement. The World Economic Forum (WEF), in its 2020 Global Gender Gap report, projects that it will take sub-Saharan Africa 95.1 years and North Africa 139.9 years to close their respective gender gaps. According to the report, only 26% of professionals employed in data and artificial intelligence roles were women. Klaus Schwab, WEF’s founder, described the 4IR as the fusion of...