Gideon OlanrewajuUniversity of Manchester · Manchester Institute of Education
Gideon Olanrewaju
Master of Philosophy
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Introduction
Gideon holds a MA degree in International Education and Development from the University of Sussex as a Chevening Scholar and a Master of Philosophy in Education, Globalisation and International Development from the University of Cambridge as a Standard Bank Chairman Scholar. Gideon has led the planning and implementation of several educational development and digital transformation initiatives to support millions of learners across Nigeria.
Additional affiliations
March 2020 - present
DigiLearns
Position
- Managing Director
Description
- Adjudged by the African Union as one of Africa's top education innovations for 2020, DigiLearns (www.digilearns.ng) is Nigeria’s first mLearning (mobile learning) solution that enables educational access and learning content delivery, by leveraging artificial intelligence to ensure students from low-income families and underserved groups, even in refugee camps, remote areas or nomadic settlements can access high-quality, government-approved and contextually-relevant learning content.
January 2019 - present
Aid for Rural Educaion Access Initiative (AREAi)
Position
- Programmer
Description
- Provided technical and operational support for program development, implementation, monitoring, evaluating and reporting to the Education Portfolio • Conducted series of situation analysis and assessments to establish evidence-based data for advocacy and development of policies, framework and programmes • Led organisation's meetings with internal and external colleagues and partners to discuss alternatives learning opportunities for vulnerable out-of-school adolescent girls and boys
Education
September 2017 - October 2018
September 2009 - January 2015
Publications
Publications (8)
One of the challenges facing many African countries today is the decline in the budgetary allocation to education despite the increase in the enrolment of students in public schools. This review article seeks to address the potential of financing education in Africa through diaspora remittances, with special reference to Nigeria. It reviews the evi...
The COVID19 pandemic has contributed to a digital economy by emphasising the importance of digital infrastructure while exposing the digital gaps between countries and communities. For example, during the period of COVID19, schools were closed with no option of online learning due to a deficit of infrastructure around educational technologies. Ineq...
This case study examines the return to learning (RtL) processes and strategies of the education system in Nigeria from March 2020 to April 2021. The report sits within a compendium of five case studies and an overarching synthesis report (Heaner et al. 2021) that examine the RtL process during the COVID-19 pandemic in Colombia, Georgia, Lebanon, Ni...
Fostering digital equity in rural communities requires putting systems and structures in place to strengthen the ability of communities to understand, know how to use and drive technology and its outcomes to solve local problems and support local innovation. In achieving this, public infrastructure investments, public-private partnerships and deep...
The global transition into digital classrooms, prior to and during the COVID19 pandemic, comes with deep challenges and opportunities for transformation. As students are provided with digital services, learning devices, technology tools and internet connectivity to access learning resources, little or no attention is paid to teachers who actually p...
The manual highlights various examples of home-based and active remote learning solutions to support learners in rural schools and remote communities with accessing educational content or engaging in learning activities. Nine of the most effective low-cost offline channels of distance learning are being illustrated for easy and widespread adoption....
The revitalised role of non-state actors such as non-profit organisations and education reform movements in educational provision and delivery has contributed to the global circulation of uninformed transnational adaptation of ideas and practices around educational change. In adapting models in one place for emulation in another place, educational...
The world is experiencing an unprecedented global pandemic that affects every fabric of our human society, including education. It is estimated that 1.5 billion learners’ education have been affected due to the closing of schools in 168 countries. More than ever, alternative modes of educational delivery remain the panacea of educational deprivatio...
