Despite the many disruptions to the academic calendar in public universities in Nigeria, not least of which is the incessant industrial actions by the university-based unions,Tthe Africa Centre of Excellence for Innovative and Transformation STEM Education (ACEITSE), domiciled in Lagos State University, has recently graduated 11 pioneer PhD students after three years of study; a feat unachieved by any other department or centre in the state-owned university.
ACEITSE was birthed in 2019, in LASU, under the Africa Centres of Excellence for Development Impact (ACE Impact) Project, a regional World Bank-supported initiative aimed at developing the capacity of higher education institutions in Africa, to solve Africa’s challenges. ACE Impact emphasises timely achievement of results, to ensure that project development objectives (PDOs) are achieved within the project lifecycle. To ensure, therefore, that PDOs are met, the universities are required to think outside the box to adopt strategies to mitigate disruptions to their academic calendars by both internal and external factors.
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The occasion, the CentreCelebrating ACEITSE’s celebrated as a remarkable journey of knowledge, perseverance and diligence, the Centre Leader stated that had the 11 graduating students graduating had earned PhD in ICT Education (Artificial Intelligence), STEM Education and Entrepreneurship (Biology), ICT Education (Cyber Security), or STEM Education and Entrepreneurship (Chemistry). It was described as a remarkable milestone having nurtured excellence and a future of transformative education.
To boost the visibility of ACEITSE and the university, Some of thestaff and students engaged in cutting-edge research, several of which were published in high-ranking journals. research works conducted and published from the CentreThese include: ‘Face – -to- – Face and Blended; Two Pedagogical Conditions for Testing the Efficacy of the Culturo –- Techno – -Contextual Approach (CTCA) on Learning Anxiety and Achievement in Chemistry’, The Convergence of Culture, technology and Context: A Pathway to Reducing Mathophobia and improving achievement in Mathematics, and Impact of Culturo-Techno-Contextual Approach (CTCA) on Learning Retention: A Study on Nuclear Chemistry.
A major Disbursement-Linked Result (DLR) of the ACE Impact Project is the enrolment of regional students by the Centres of Excellence and in fulfilment of this, ACEITSE In an effort to have more student enrolment at the Centre, ACEITSE visited five higher educational institutions in Sierra Leone to explore possible areas of collaboration partner and scout for more regional students for postgraduate training benefitsstudies.
The visits hascontinue to yield good resultedresults with an increase in the number of regional students enrollend in ACEITSE’s programmes in the enrolment of students from the institutions visited.
Recently, the Centre The centre also took the its national and international students of the centre on a tour, where . Tthey visited the Nigerian French Language Village, National Open University of Nigeria’s (NOUN) Badagry Study Centre, the site of the Atlantic Slaves working in sugar cane plantation, The the Oba Akran of Badagry, Palace, Kingdom and the first story building in Nigeria. The students were accompanied by In company of the touring students were Emeritus Professor Peter Okebukola, the Centre Leader, Professor Rasheed Sanni, and the Centre’s and Communication officerOfficer, Ms Temitope Ogunmokun.
In another developmentother activities in, ACEITSE include, in collaboration with Science Teachers Association of Nigeria (STAN) has carried out a five-day workshop on STEM Practical and Test Construction. The workshop, which was organised in collaboration with Science Teachers Association of Nigeria (STAN), focused on Biology, Chemistry, Computer Science, Data Processing and Physics, and had about 221 participants. The Centre also hosted
Also, the World-Bank/AAU/NUC implementation support mission team visited ACEITSE. The mission of the visit was towhich visit was aimed at supporting the Centre in accelerating its project implementation activities. The team was led by the ACE Impact Task Team Lead, Dr Ekua Bentil TTL, ACE Impact Project, and had seven other members including the National Project Coordinator, ACE Impact, Dr Joshua Attah who introduced the team and gave insights on the visit.
The team which was received by the Vice – -Chancellor, Lagos State University, Professor Ibiyemi Olatunji – -Bello who pledged that the university would continue to explored more avenues of revenue generation for the sustainable growth of the centre.
In an effort to have more student enrolment at the Centre, ACEITSE visited five higher educational institutions in Sierra Leone to partner and scout for more regional students for postgraduate training benefits. The visit has resulted in the enrolment of students from the institutions visited.
Summary 1. ACEITSE graduated its 11 first set of PhD students
2. ACEITSE research work titled ‘Face – to – Face and Blended ; Two Pedagogical Conditions for Testing the Efficacy of the Culturo – Techno – Contextual Approach (CTCA) on Learning Anxiety and Achievement in Chemistry’ got published in Journal for Education Sciences.
3. ACEITSE in collaboration with Science Teachers Association of Nigeria (STAN) organizes a five-day workshop on STEM Practical and Test Construction.
4. World Bank/AAU/NUC Implementation support mission team visits ACEITSE
5. Badagry tour with ACEITSE Students.
6. ACEITSE visited 5 higher educational institutions in Sierra Leone to partner and scout for more regional students for postgraduate training benefits
7. ACEITSE STEM Laboratory construction is ongoing, Following successful completion of the bid process, construction is moving on a fast pace..
• ACEITSE graduated its 11 first set of PhD students for 2019/2020 Academic session
ACEITSE celebrated a remarkable journey of knowledge, perseverance, and diligence as the centre graduated 11 pioneer PhD students in ICT Education
(Artificial Intelligence), STEM Education and Entrepreneurship (Biology), ICT Education (Cyber Security),STEM Education and Entrepreneurship (Chemistry)
It’s a remarkable milestone and we are pleased to have nurtured excellence
Cheers to a future of transformative education!
