ICT Entrepreneurs at Wuse Market, Abuja. August 9, 2009. WAYAN VOTA / FLICKR

On a Coding Diet The Place for STEM Development in Nigeria

Nigeria will need STEM development to participate in the 'Fourth Industrial Revolution' and the evidence suggests that STEM development works best when it emphasizes already existing resource strengths.  On 10 July 2019, Singapore announced that all its primary school pupils will take mandatory coding classes from 2020. In the wake of this news, Nigerians took to social media to reflect on Nigeria’s development and ultimately concluded that the country has little hope of competing on a globa
 

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