February 9, 2025

African Varsities Tasked On Digital Education To Impact Society

African Varsities Tasked On Digital Education To Make Impactful Change in the Society.

To achieve the desired impact, African varsities have been challenged to embrace, deepen, and make digital education acceptable to their societies.

Dr. Olivier Kuttel, the Head of International Affairs of École Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne, EPFL, Switzerland, gave the charge on Thursday in Abuja while delivering a keynote address at the 2022 African Centres of Excellence, ACE, Regional Conference with the theme: “Sustainable Integration of Digital Education in the Post Covid-19 Era.”

Kuttel called on universities to go digital, taking into cognizance the society they are serving, adding that if the society does not accept the digitization of teaching, it’s not going to work.

According to him, digital technology has a huge impact on education, research, innovation and society, stating that with digital technology, they teach, do research, and share the result and the impact is felt by their society.

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A representative of Africa Digital Education Network, ADEN, Prof Rasheed Sanni, said digital sustainability could not have come at a better time than now that the Covid-19 pandemic has impacted education across the world.

Rasheed stressed that the current university system requires digital education and online teaching to deliver quality education to students at all times.

He commended the World Bank and other partners for the support universities in the country are getting.

The Secretary-General, Association of African Universities, AAU, Prof Olusola Oyewole, urged African universities to take steps towards achieving digital sustainability to close the educational gaps in the system.

Oyewole noted that as universities pursue sustainability of digital technology, an opportunity is created for the growth of a digital economy where digital skills could be learned to put food on the table for citizens.

He stressed that digital education is one of the areas that is particularly key to opportunity for all.

The conference was organized with aim of deepening education stakeholders’ understanding and participation in the digital education landscape.

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