LIFE BUILDERS INITIATIVE, LEADING THE REVOLUTION ON E-LEARNING IN NIGERIA
By
ABRAHAM O A T
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"we pay a price when we deprive children of the exposure to the values, principles, and education they need to make them good citizens"
---Sandra Day O' Connor
" Man lives consciously for himself, but serves as an unconscious instrument for the achievement of historical, universally human goals"
--LeTolstoy
According to world bank group as quoted by premiumtimes "Close to 7 million students from primary up to secondary education could drop out(globally) due to the income shock of the (Corona Virus)pandemic alone” adding to the unfortunate fact that, as stated by Adamu Hussaini, a permanent secretary at the ministry of education as at 2017 that "Nigeria has highest number of out-of-school children" living me with no choice but to ask 'Which way Nigeria?
Now, as the whole world learn how to adapt to the the seeming ugly reality, the kwashiorkoric nature of the state of affairs especially in the education sector is something that quickly comes to mind.
While Countries like USA, UK, China, France among others, seems to have had the worst heat of the virus so far, African nations (and Nigeria in particular) on the other hand, remain so far the most affected.
As Government at all levels concentrate their energy on conquering the great enemy(Corona virus), the tantacles of this same enemies are busy raging havoc that are not less terrible on our great nation from another side. Thus our education sector seems to be experiencing dark night with no knowledge of where the light 'is' or probably, the government lacks the 'know how' or the will to switch it on.
But thanks to life builders Initiative, who have not forgotten the song that said "Children are the leaders of tomorrow" thus, taking into account that the " darknight" that our nation is currently facing may be nothing compare to the one that is currently pressing-up against the future if nothing is done with immediacy to prevent that.
No doubt, "the only lightless dark " as stated by Hellen Keller, "is the night of darkness in ignorance and insensibility" and at Camp David- the open wall school - of life builders Initiative, it is evidentially clear that the founder, Dr. Sanwo Olatunji David, and his team of Noble men and women have decided to set the stage for revolutionizing the educational sector by granting the accessibility of the same quality and upto date education (e-learning) which the privileged ones have, to the less privileged that wouldn't afford it . By so doing, they do not only take the lead towards preventing the "lightless dark" but they are also exploring ways to ensure that the light that quench the "lightless dark" may be spread evenly among all children irrespective of any perceived distinction.
While many people, organizations, and agencies, have continue to express great concern on the monumental inequality that have been existing for long in our educational sector with little or no concrete solution offered, life builders Initiative decided to take the bull by the horn by showing solidarity with those that are vulnerable to this great injustice.
And as _Sandra Day O' Connor_ would say "we pay a price when we deprive children of the exposure to the values, principles, and education they need to make them good citizens" thus, the action of life builders Initiative should be a reminder to every person of sound conscience that ( In the words of Leo Tolstoy) "Man lives consciously for himself, but serves as an unconscious instrument for the achievement of historical, universally human goals" and so it is not a one man's problem rather, it is my duty, it is your duty, it is our duty, to ensure the actualization of this shared "human goal"; it is only our collective efforts that'll bridge the gap of inequality and build Bridges of great minds that transcend background. Having in mind that, (quoting the Dutch scholar,
