NCC donates 100 laptops to Oyo State College of Agric and Tech Student, Igbo-Ora

The Nigerian Communications Commission (NCC), has donated 100 high-tech laptops to the Oyo State College of Agriculture and Technology, Igbo-Ora.

The laptops were donated by the NCC Board Chairman, Prof. Adeolu Akande, as part of the Advance Digital Programme for Tertiary Institutions (ADAPTI) to support research and teaching at the institution.

This development, according to the Commission will greatly boost the quality of education and knowledge acquisition in the college, specifically in the Ibarapa geopolitical division of the state.

The ADAPTI initiative of the NCC is aimed at bridging the digital Information knowledge gaps that exist in the academia and facilitate remote research and learning between lecturers and students by providing computers, other ICT equipment, devices and connectivity infrastructure to enable the lecturers, staff and students acquire requisite ICT skills in the new digital economy ecosystem.

The initiative also involves supply of laptops configured and integrated into the cloud laptop computers with e-learning suites in higher institutions across the country.

The NCC has also launched variety of supportive programs and initiatives at multiple educational institutions in Nigeria which include the University of Ibadan, the Polytechnic of Ibadan, Ladoke Akintola University in Ogbomosho, Ladoke Akintola University’s Iseyin Campus, the Oke Ogun Polytechnic in Saki, Emmanuel Alayande College of Education in Oyo, Federal College of Education (Special) in Oyo, Federal Polytechnic in Ayede, Ogbomosho as well as several secondary schools throughout the state.