Ahead of the much anticipated roll out of CodeLagos, the Lagos State Ministry of Education on Tuesday said the programme would seek to teach at least one million Lagos residents to code by 2019 and also foster necessary skills to create sustainable solutions to social challenges and create employment opportunities.

The government also announced the commencement of the screening and selection exercise for facilitators for the programme.

In April 2017, three hundred (300) Coding Centers across six (6) Education Districts in Lagos State will be commissioned, marking the beginning of the CodeLagos after-school programme in both public and private schools – primary, secondary & tertiary. Centers will also be set up at State public libraries and other community spaces.

Speaking at a press briefing, the Special Adviser to the Governor on Education, Mr. Obafela Bank-Olemoh, said that; “CodeLagos will not only cultivate a savvy workforce to drive our mega-city, but it will generate employment and business opportunities as we mobilize up to 1,500 facilitators in 2017 alone.”

“CodeLagos is an initiative of the Lagos State Government which aims to teach one million Lagos residents to code by 2019. The program will foster necessary skills to create sustainable solutions to social challenges and create employment opportunities.”

Bank-Olemoh also underscored the commitment of the State Government, under the leadership of Governor Akinwunmi Ambode to position Lagos State as the technology frontier in Africa saying it was also in line with the Lagos Smart City initiative in partnership with Dubai Smart City.

He said the application process, which is primarily online, entails a submission of bio-data and completion of a general assessment, while successful applicants will receive world-standard trainings on the necessary skills areas.

“Qualifying candidates must be available to participate in all the required trainings which would be provided by the State in collaboration with private sector partners within the technology sector. They must also be willing to commit at least 12 hours weekly to facilitate CodeLagos courses at designated centers upon the launch of the initiative in April,” he said.

The application portal, Bank-Olemoh said, opened on Tuesday, February 7, 2017, and is accessible on www.codelagos.org

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Would be interested. Lagos is becoming mega city already!

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Lolz...
Eko o ni baje ooooo

Good move

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Nice one Lagos

eko ile.....

eko oni baje




obaje ti!!!!

I want to be part of this but I don't live in Lagos

ISOKAY

they did not state category of who can do it

and one idiot senators daughter would say tinubu ruined lagos

Has anybody tried to register through the codelagos link?

It all about development in Apc government!
Kudos to Bubu

good thinking

This is an opportunity for the Igbos to relocate down to Lagos. Its time to learn C++, C# and java

Eko oni baje

Eko o'ni baaje oo

which one be code again?,we need rice,more rice...

Eko o ni baje!


Lagos leads, others follow........



Truly the Centre of Excellence

coded things

Guru9ja:
This is an opportunity for the Igbos to relocate down to Lagos. Its time to learn C++, C# and java

my bro/sis go on ur knees now say after me { oh!lord my brain dat travelled 2 USA without me knowing FADA let Donald Trump deport it for me } oya start praying

Guru9ja:
This is an opportunity for the Igbos to relocate down to Lagos. Its time to learn C++, C# and java

my bro/sis go on ur knees now say after me { oh! Lord my brain dat travelled 2 USA without me knowing FADA let Donald Trump deport it for me } oya start praying

Good one. I didn't finish reading OP's long post I was so excited I had to comment first before going back to finish reading. I need more news like this in Nigeria. If the government wants to really help reduce poverty and create more jobs for youths, IT is the way to go. Hopefully, this won't be another one of the numerous dead-on-arrival projects.

Weekend classes should be created to make it cover more people with the target number

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