A 400 Level Biology Education student of the Lagos State University, Veracruz Gbolahan, has won a ₦100,000 KLCI Leadership Bootcamp Grant.
The grant was awarded to the undergraduate degree finalist for providing the most innovative idea to solve educational problems in undeserved communities in Nigeria.
Gbolahan's idea was adjudged the most innovative out of proposals submitted by 25 students from higher institutions in Nigeria in the four-week KLCI virtual boot camp, which took place throughout August, 2020.
His idea was the feasible creation of an offline Edutech application which will make use of the wireless mesh network to teach and serve as resources for students and teachers in underserved communities in Nigeria, and can be implemented during and post Covid-19 pandemic.
The Kayode Alabi Leadership and Career Initiative (KLCI) is a youth-led nonprofit organization that uses alternative education methods such as Education for Sustainable Development Programs, Global Citizenship Education Workshops, Mentorship and Advocacy to provide teachers and secondary school students in underserved communities in Nigeria with essential life skills training needed for the workforce and future of works.
The Vice Chancellor, Prof. Olanrewaju Adigun Fagbohun, SAN, on behalf of the University community, congratulated Gbolahan on this feat.