First Bank of Nigeria Limited has announced the convening of a business clinic to promote the growth and sustainability of the education sector, especially in the light of the coronavirus and its adverse effect on the operations of schools across the world.
The event is scheduled to hold via Zoom by 11 am on Thursday.
Experts, leading players, policy influencers and proprietors in business and education management will take on the topic “Managing Your School through the Pandemic: Engagement and Retention Strategies”.
To participate in the event, follow the link https://smeconnect.firstbanknigeria.com/webinar to register.
The panelists at the event include the Commissioner of Education, Lagos State, Folasade Adefisayo; President, National Association of Proprietors of Private Schools (NAPPS), Yomi Otubela; Team Lead, Customer Practice in Management Consulting (KPMG), Wale Abioye; Education Lead, Modern Classroom Microsoft Nigeria, Babatunde Vaughan; Proprietor, Busy Bee & West Mills, Tinu Aluko and Head of Transaction Banking Products, FirstBank, Bankole Adediran.
Speaking on the event, Deputy Managing Director, FirstBank, Gbenga Shobo said: “The education sector remains the bedrock of the growth and development of any nation – without a viable educational system, the human capital would be incapable of driving national growth and development. FirstBank is delighted to convene this event as it reinforces our leading role at enabling the growth of the educational sector in the country over the years.
“A recent example is the current pandemic in which the bank has spearheaded the continued learning of school children, with a view to moving over 1 million Nigerians to e-learning, an exciting journey that has had over 45,000 active participants on the respective platforms, notably Roducate and IBM.”
“We appreciate the panelists invited to speak and we look forward to the knowledge and ideas that would be deliberated towards having participants enlightened on essential activities to not just sustain their schools but reinforce its growth against the odds of COVID-19. We implore players, policy influencers, school and business owners as a whole to register and participate in the event because indeed there is knowledge for everyone,” he concluded.
FirstBank has held various SME clinics in the course of the year including a virtual event to ensure social distancing is adhered to.
