SDGs Solutions Convergence is a programme adopted by Ogun State Bureau of Information Technology, in collaboration with LEAD Resources, to train Civil Servants from various Ministries on how to identify problems, and proffer and implement relevant solutions in their Ministries.
Two editions of the SDGs Solutions Convergence have been facilitated by LEAD Resources at Ogun Tech Hub. The Solutions Convergences covered an introduction to the Sustainable Development Goals, the application of Design Thinking in Problem Solving, and the need to leverage emerging technologies to generate relevant solutions.
Last week, a dry run of the previous Solutions Convergence was facilitated by LEAD Resources at Ogun Tech Hub. This was done to equip the staff of the Bureau of Information Technology (BIT) with the knowledge required to conduct a Solutions Convergence for the Ministry of Finance and the Auditor General’s Office. Simply put, the dry run was aimed at “training the trainers.”
Facilitator (Marcellus Nwankwo) and Participants of the SDGs Solutions Convergence Dry Run at Ogun Tech Hub
The dry run held for two days. On the first day, the participants of the dry run were reminded of what they were taught in the previous Solutions Convergence. They were given extra materials and tips for effective training. They were also taught how to carry participants along when conducting their Solutions Convergence for the Ministry of Finance and the Auditor General’s Office.
On the second day, the participants of the dry run were divided into three teams to conduct a test Solutions Convergence by themselves. By so doing, the areas for improvements were spotted for corrections. At the end of the dry run, the participants saw the need to put more effort into preparing for the Solutions Convergence for maximum output and solutions generation.
Participants of the SDGs Solutions Convergence Dry Run at Ogun Tech Hub
At LEAD Resources, we pride ourselves as solutions architects that seek to contribute to the achievement of the Global Goals by proactively identifying opportunities, stimulating innovations, and generating solutions to problems/challenges in our polity.
Oluwatobiloba Dairo is an Associate Solutions Architect at LEAD Resources, where she is exploring a rapid Knowledge Acquisition path, building digitized competencies relevant for Career Development, and stimulating solutions for individuals, organizations, and the Government. She is a graduate of Mathematics and an advocate of women in Leadership. She is interested in Financial and Data Analysis.
Over the years, the Nigerian Educational System has suffered much lag and retrogression in its processes and operations. Although some have tried to change the status quo, most of us have abandoned the system to rot. There are over 85,000 private basic schools in Nigeria with a pressing need to adopt technology to drive their educational processes and operations especially in the “new normal,” the post-COVID-19 Nigeria.
With an average of 500 schools being served by the 10 leading School Management Solution Providers in Nigeria, the market space is underserved by approximately 99.4%. Now, most leading Education Solution Providers consolidate their efforts and sell their solutions to states where there are competitive and comparative advantages while they lack presence in other states.
Ademola Adenubi (CEO, CrownBirth)
Ogun state, although a leading state in education with over 5,000 private basic schools and 10 tertiary institutions, is unserved by any major School Management Solution Provider. Therefore, there is a need for a school management solution which provides a user experience that changes stakeholders’ perception to technology adoption in schools, penetrates other markets and gains competitive and comparative advantages while offering the transformation the educational system needs. For this cause, Crownbirth Ltd. designed and developed TAMS.
WHAT IS TAMS?
TAMS (Technology-Assisted Academic Management System) is a multi-tenant, cloud-based school management system which provides a personalised platform and user-friendly interface for schools and stakeholders in education to interact, manage information and coordinate school processes and operations. It is uniquely developed on a well-researched framework and models the generic information, requirements and processes of the Nigerian Education System. Crownbirth Ltd. designed, developed and offers TAMS on https://edutams.net.
FEATURES OF
TAMS
Some basic features of TAMS include self-service set-up, admissions management, registration management, attendance management, digital classes and live chat sessions, internal messaging channels, e-resources, e-assessment, hostel management, subscription management and bursary management.
BENEFITS OF TAMS
TAMS offers benefits to all stakeholders. For the government, TAMS provides a seamless education revenue report and supports the cashless policy. For school administrators, TAMS enables efficient monitoring of all activities within their school from student management to oversight of financial transactions. For teachers, TAMS eases the management of class schedules, students’ attendance, lesson notes, students’ results and communication with the guardians of their students. For parents, TAMS provides efficient updates on all school activities and academic performance of their wards. For students, TAMS keeps them abreast of all school activities and academic progress. For agents, TAMS provides an avenue for a recurrent commission per term for life on every school registered.
TAMS PRODUCT
LAUNCH
The product
launch of TAMS is scheduled for Wednesday, 25th November 2020 by 9 am (WAT) at Ball
Room, Conference Hotel, Presidential Boulevard, 1 Golf Resort Drive, Oke Mosan,
Abeokuta. Visit bit.ly/TamsLaunch to register for the launch.
The distinguished speakers for the product launch include Prof. Abayomi Arigbabu (Hon. Commissioner for Education, Science and Technology, Ogun State), Dr Adefunke Ekine (Deputy Director, Research and External Relations, Tai Solarin University), Mr Ajibade Laolu Adewale (Head of Partnership, Digital Solutions in Fintech, Wema Bank) and Mr Bosun Tijani (Founder and CEO of Co-Creation Hub). The special guest of honour is His Excellency, Otunba Gbenga Daniel (Former Governor, Ogun state).
Please note that seats are limited, registration is compulsory and physical attendance is strictly by invitation. However, the product launch can be watched via Livestream. When you register via the aforementioned link, you will be notified when the live stream begins. For more information on TAMS, visit www.edutams.net
REVIEWS OF
TAMS
TAMS makes teaching and learning easy. The e-learning solution relieves teachers of the stress of teaching on-site. The students can learn at home and attempt class activities as well. In a nutshell, TAMS is a relevant tool for the educational sector.
Michael Sangotope Transatlantic International school
TAMS has a robust approach to digitalizing all aspects of school management. I find the learning management system for lesson notes, schemes of work, quizzes and assignments second to none.
Akano Afeez Portal Admin, Transatlantic international school
With TAMS, engaging my students has become more interesting especially in taking their attendance, sharing my lesson content, using the e-assessment tool to evaluate their performance, and applying the results processing module (the very best) to generate results. Kudos to Crownbirth!
Adewale Kayode Abayomi Best Senior Secondary School Teacher, Ogun state 2020
TAMS provides solutions to the needs of all education stakeholders such as easy registration, attendance management, real-time learning and feedback, access of parents to students’ continuous performance, and effective communication amongst stakeholders. Also, all of the schools’ information is secure. As a private school teacher who is exposed to different academic solutions, I boldly state that TAMS is the most relevant Academic Management System for Basic Schools.
Adesanya Ademola Joseph Mathematics Teacher, Christ The King Catholic College, Odolewu-Ijebu
TAMS has taken my school to A NEW LEVEL, A HIGHER ONE. It was loudly applauded during our PTA meeting by the parents. It has eased the management and administration of my school. Students now have access to learning materials online (videos, texts, etc.) Parents are now abreast of the school activities of their children/wards. There is also effective reporting for each student in terms of academic performance, behaviour and punctuality.
Pastor Okusanya O. A. (NCE, B.ED, FCPILHM) Proprietor, Love Foundation group of schools
LEAD Resources is in the process of entering into a collaboration agreement with the Board of Directors, Remo Growth and Development Foundation (RemoGDF). The purpose of this collaboration is to engage in strategic Human Capital Development initiatives for the indigenes of Remo land.
On the 29th of February 2020, LEAD Resources scheduled a meeting with Mr. Abiola Ogundeko, the Director for Youth Development, RemoGDF, towards the establishment of this collaboration wherein a “3-point agenda” was proposed.
DEVELOPMENT OF SMALL AND MEDIUM ENTERPRISES
The first agenda is the activation,
development and encouragement of Small and Medium Enterprises to be true catalysts
of the economic development of Remo land.
The following are the objectives of this
agenda:
Improving
human capital to become effective players in the economic development of Remo
land.
Building
a sustainable system for stimulating and developing the Small and Medium Scale
Enterprises ecosystem in Remo land.
Rapidly
providing conspicuous benefits for the populace via the operations of the
ministry.
Supporting
Remo land by achieving the objective of creating effective public and private
collaborations in the programme.
CONVERSION OF DORMANT SCHOOL BUILDING TO TECH HUBS
The second agenda is the conversion of
uncompleted and dormant model government school buildings in Remo land to
Technology Hubs.
The following are the objectives of this
agenda:
Improving human capital to become effective players in the economic development of Remo land.
Collaborating with more government programmes (such as Ogun Job Portal) to channel technology solutions towards the administrative challenges of the government in catering for the wellbeing of citizens.
Building a sustainable system for stimulating and developing the Information Technology ecosystem in Remo land.
Rapidly providing conspicuous benefits for the populace via the operations of the Technology Hubs and stimulating the activation of Technology hubs in other zones of Ogun state.
Supporting the government to achieve the objective of creating the path for emergence of the state as a leading player in the digital economy.
LEAD Resources believes that the
conversion of one of the old, model schools in Remo land to a Technology Hub
for Ogun state will symbolize the commitment of Remo community to Human Capital
Development, empowering the people with relevant competencies for this digital
age.
LEAD RESOURCES TO SERVE AS MODEL FOR YOUTHS IN INNOVATION AND ENTREPRENEURSHIP
The third agenda of the collaboration is
for LEAD Resources to serve as a model in Nigeria for building innovation and
entrepreneurship capacity in Nigerian youths. This cause is towards raising
competent youths for the achievement of the Sustainable Development Goals
(SDGs) and active participation in the Digital Economy.
At LEAD Resources, we believe the youths
can be developed and mobilized for the overall acceleration of Nigeria. Via a structured
process of providing relevant education and harnessing talent and energy, the Global
Goals – living well, living happy and living large – can be the new normal for
the Nigerian youth. LEAD Resources seeks to accomplish this by engaging the
youths in pragmatic trainings of the Digital Economy Competence Systems such
as:
General SDG Awareness
Digital Economy Competencies
Personal Talent Profiling and Management
Solution Conference and Design Thinking
Community Solution Clusters
Start Up and Scale Up Academies
In conclusion, LEAD Resources is enthusiastic to collaborate with RemoGDF towards the implementation of these initiatives which will foster creativity, innovation and entrepreneurship amongst Remo indigenes while also enabling the community (and beyond) to achieve the Sustainable Development Goals.
Patently, the Ministry of Youth and Sport has consistently devised means to develop the latent potential of the youths of Ogun state. Therefore, LEAD Resources has sought collaboration with the Government via the Ministry of Youth and Sport to serve as a model for building innovation and entrepreneurship capacity in Nigerian youths.
This cause is towards raising competent youths for the achievement of the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) and active participation in the Digital Economy. LEAD Resources seeks to accomplish this by engaging the youths in pragmatic training programmes on the Digital Economy Competency Systems such as:
General SDG Awareness
Digital Economy Competencies
Personal Talent Profiling and Management
Solution Conference and Design Thinking
Community Solution Clusters
Start-Up and Scale-Up Academies
General SDG Awareness
This will be provided through a cascaded training process (including the training of trainers so as to ensure effective coverage and delivery) of the essential elements, philosophies and justification of the SDGs for the youths. It will create a compelling case for committed action towards achieving the Global Goals through the engagement of ideas, enterprises of AYEEN and stakeholders.
Digital Economy Competencies
This will complement the normal academic curriculum with the relevant digital competencies to thrive in this digital age. Youths will be groomed to maximize opportunities and create defined career paths in corporate work, entrepreneurship and academia. The top-up programme will update their awareness of the digital economy and foster an appreciation of the forces driving and shaping the global economy.
The course will
develop entrepreneurs by equipping them with the tools, skills and techniques
to operate the levers of the 4th Industrial Revolution. In turn,
this will reinforce the relevance of convergence and disruptive technologies
and highlight the limitless possibilities for widespread solution creation.
Also, it is
intended that the youths will be able to recognize the paradigms and gaps of
their current disciplines and maximize the opportunity to adapt insights for application
in the digital economy.
Personal Talent Management
This will explore the personal skills, profile and brand management of youths in their sphere of influence. This will provide the opportunity for an objective and thorough assessment of each entrepreneur covering who they are, where they are, what they are capable of and what is required of them to be accurately positioned as competent players in the digital economy.
Solutions Conference and Design Thinking
The Solutions Conference seeks to prepare the participants for solutions generation in services, products and applications that meet the needs of the community. This engagement will involve sessions on emerging technologies and relevant skills that can facilitate the building of products that can scale to wider domains. The conference will also involve the process of design thinking, the process of idea validation and the creation of minimum viable products.
Community Solutions Clusters
This involves the formation of clusters of youths in various communities and sectors that will use the acquired competencies from the previous stages to create and maintain solutions that can address the needs of their market and stakeholders. It will produce an understanding of the value chain in the market and how digital technologies can be used to address the needs and the expectations of employees, customers and other stakeholders.
Start-Up and Scale-Up Academies
The Start-Up and Scale-Up Academies are targeted at the application of promising ideas from the previous stages. They teach practical involvement in the business life cycle, the process of determining and attaining the required financial resources for business growth and the necessary digital skills to attract, reach and retain the market as well as understanding the performance and potential of customers, products, markets and the organization.
On Thursday 30th January 2020, LEAD Resources held a meeting with the Hon. Commissioner for Youth and Sport, Dr. Kehinde Oluwadare at M.K.O. Abiola Stadium, Kuto. At the meeting, LEAD Resources delivered a presentation on how these initiatives can help the Ogun State Government build the capacity of youths for employability in the digital economy.
In attendance was The Permanent Secretary of the Ministry of Youth and Sport, the Special Adviser to the Governor on Job Creation and Youth Empowerment as well as other directors of the Ministry. They were all impressed by the delivery and content of the presentation and expressed willingness to collaborate with LEAD Resources on these programmes.
At LEAD Resources, we believe the youths
can be developed and mobilized for the overall acceleration of Nigeria. Via a structured
process of providing relevant education and harnessing talent and energy, the Global
Goals – living well, living happy and living large – can be the new normal for
the Nigerian youth.
Venture Garden Group (VGG) is a leading provider of innovative, data-driven, end-to-end technology platforms created to solve real socio-economic challenges in impact sectors critical to sustainable economic development. LEAD Resources, which has a vision to be the indisputable knowledge leadership and real solutions provider out of Africa, sought to merge forces with VGG to birth more progress in the economy of Ogun state.
On the 25th of February, 2020, LEAD Resources held a meeting with the management of Venture Garden Group. In attendance were the Chief Solutions Architect of LEAD Resources, Mr. Kehinde Sogunle, the Managing Director and CEO of Highland Energy Solutions Services Limited, Dr. Sogunle, Associate Solutions Architect of LEAD Resources, Obot Essiet Jr., Associate Solutions Architect of LEAD Resources, Oyebola Simeon, CEO of kkkkk, Mr. Kingsley amongst other reputable fellows. The meeting took place at the Conference Room of Venture Gardens Group, Ikeja, Lagos.
LEAD Resources, Venture Garden Group and kkkkk Ably Represented
During the meeting, the Deputy Chief
Technology Officer of Venture Garden Group rendered a welcome address, briefly
introducing the software company. He stated that they were in the business of
converting “data to cash.” He expatiated on the services, products and
achievements of the company, such as their EduTech platform, E-Health platform
as well as their virtual internship programme for ICT enthusiasts wherein they
are actively involved in grooming over 1200 interns.
The Chief Solutions Architect of LEAD Resources was given the floor and he discussed the various human capital development and social enterprise projects that LEAD Resources has engaged in and continues to engage in fiercely. He emphasized on how Venture Garden Group can be established and scale aggressively in Abeokuta via strategic collaboration with Ogun Tech Hub. Many opportunities were reeled out to promote the services and products of Venture Garden Group so as develop human capital on a wider scale as well as to make profit.
In conclusion, LEAD Resources, Ogun Tech Hub and Venture Gardens Group decided to collaborate, sign a Memorandum of Understanding and kick-start partnership for the greater good, human capital development.
LEAD Resources was awarded a contract to design and develop the premiere online, socio-cultural platform for Ogun state by the Digital Economy Advisory Group (DEAG). This platform would serve as the “Wikipedia for everything Ogun.”
Between October and December 2019, all hands were on deck as regards this project. All Associates of LEAD Resources actively contributed their quota to the development of this platform as coordinated by the Technology and Innovation team of LEAD Resources, Marcellus Nwankwo and Ayo Lala.
This platform was named, “Hamora.” This name is a derivative of the Yoruba word, “Amǫrawa,” meaning, “We know who we are.” This depicts that via this platform, the people of Ogun state can contribute and harness relevant information about their past in order to create a better future.
Hamora is a crowdsourcing platform which allows for the indigenes of the state to share their own content about history, artifacts, commerce, business, projects, festivals and related socio-cultural topics. This will enhance the participation of all classes of indigenes of Ogun state and ensure the promotion of the core values of Ogun state. Of course, other states may subscribe to this development too!
In a nutshell, the aim of Hamora
platform is identifying, creating, managing, proposing and promoting a single
and harmonized platform for exhibiting interphase between social and cultural
activities that affect the daily lives of individuals in the state.
The objectives for developing the Hamora
platform include:
Acquiring
data on the history, heritage and other socio-cultural aspects of Ogun state
from certified and trusted sources.
Identifying
the fundamental, cultural practices and heritage of Ogun state so as to create
an ecosystem to facilitate the growth of the people’s identity.
Aggregating,
structuring and facilitating the growth of Ogun state’s heritage for effective
value communication and exchange.
Harnessing
previous, current and upcoming tools, techniques and technology for promoting
social and cultural practices in the state.
The Hamora platform is ready and will be launched soon. Stay tuned!
LEAD Resources, Nigeria’s Strategic Human Capital Development Social Enterprise, partnered with Data Science Nigeria to empower the youths with hands-on skills to compete favourably in the global market.
Seeing as education is an indispensable tool in human capital development, one of the ways of truly empowering a people is by delivering relevant trainings to the youths per time.
Hence, LEAD Resources, in conjunction with Ogun Tech Hub and Data Science Nigeria, hosted a 6-week intensive Data Science course titled “Introduction to Python and Machine Learning” at Kobape, Ogun state.
At the beginning of the training, the Chief Solutions Architect of LEAD Resources, Mr. Kehinde Sogunle rendered a welcome address, admonishing all aspiring Data Scientists to maximize the opportunity given them to learn Data Science, Machine Learning and Artificial Intelligence.
He
emphasized the relevance of these skills in the world today and the
corresponding irrelevance of many organizations that have failed to acquire and
engage such practical, digital knowledge.
During the course,
the participants were introduced to “Kaggle,” the “Facebook for Data
Scientists,” where they interacted with real industry data sets with the aim of
acquiring ranked proficiency in optimizing data.
They were given access to a 4-terabyte knowledge box containing Data Science videos, e-books and data sets. Also, participants who performed excellently in optimizing real industry data sets were given the premiere Beginners’ Artificial Intelligence book in Africa.
In line with LEAD Resources’ value of learning, a host of her Solutions Architects took advantage of the training. For example, Lead Solutions Architect, Mr. Olusanya (Former Rector, Adegbenro ICT Polytechnic, Abeokuta) was in attendance.
Associate Solutions Architects, LEAD Resources
Other Associate Solutions Architects such as Mr. Oyebola Simeon, Mr. Itua Emmanuel, Mr. Osadiaye Paul and Miss Ogundare Oluwabunmi also maximized the 6-week intensive course.
In line with our Market Adoption and Sustainable Implementation of Technology Solutions (MASITS) initiative, LEAD Resources, together with YANI Solutions International, has become the Management Consultant for CrownBirth Ltd.
CrownBirth is one of the fastest growing EdTech companies in Nigeria strategically positioned to revolutionize the education system using technology. The company is owned by Ademola Adenubi, the Acting Director, Information and Communications Technology, Tai Solarin University of Education, Ijagun, Ijebu Ode, Ogun state.
CrownBirth has developed two proprietary, scalable web portal technology solutions that have the potential to transform the entire management of higher education starting from Ogun state.
CrownBirth Solution: Tertiary Academic Management System (TAMS)
The first solution is called Tertiary
Academic Management System (TAMS), a custom-developed and scalable Education
Management Information System that models the generic information, requirements
and processes of Nigerian tertiary education system.
Tertiary Academic Management System (TAMS)
TAMS digitizes virtually every aspect of the tertiary education administration system such as admissions, course registrations, payments, result processing to transcript.
The TAMS interface displays the profiles of users alongside the breakdown of their academic units thereby providing a platform for interaction alongside other core functionalities.
The core functionalities of TAMS include:
PAYMENTS – Integration with registered payment
gateway to allow online payment of all fees through secured channel. The
application:
Supports integration of separate payment gateway for different payment schedules.
Allows payment instalments (in percentages) for different payment schedules.
Checks students’ payment status and debt profile and implements penalty condition for late payments.
Generates payment receipts in pdf format with QR code to enhance security.
Provides statistics and analytics of payments across student levels & departments.
ADMISSIONS – Online processing of application form
with integration of automatic O’Level verification system. The application:
Supports multiple online admissions and application batches to run concurrently.
Integrates automatic O’level result (WAEC, NECO & NABTEB) verification system using web crawler technology.
Provides online administrative platform to process admission status and activate printing of personalized admission letter and clearance forms.
Provides real-time admissions statistics and analytics of applicants across departments.
REGISTRATION – Provides platform for course registration by
students based on curriculum for each programme of study. The application:
Generates registration form for students with internal advice on course curriculum.
Provides internal check for allowable minimum and maximum registration units.
Generates exam pass for students and attendance sheet for lecturers based on course registration information.
Integrates staff adviser module to edit and approve course registration.
Allocates courses to lecturers which connects to student registration list and authorizes result upload.
RESULT PROCESSING – Internal processing of
results based on sessional grading parameters to generate students’ transcripts.
The application:
Allows lecturers to upload e-copy of results based on course allocation data.
Provides printable format of standardized scoresheet for file or archival copy.
Possesses an internal mechanism for result computation and considerations.
Publishes results in individual student profile.
Generates of ‘broad-sheet’, ‘summary-sheet’ and transcript of students’ academic records.
Since 2013, TAMS has been used by tertiary institutions in Ogun state such as:
Tai
Solarin University of Education, Ijagun
Abraham
Adesanya Polytechnic, Ijebu Igbo
DS
Adegbenro Polytechnic, Itori
Tai
Solarin College of Education, Omu
CrownBirth Solution: Primary and Secondary School Academic Management System (PSAMS)
The second solution is PSAMS EduPortal, an integrated Primary & Secondary School Academic Management System. This is the ultimate school enterprise resource planning (ERP) software for primary & secondary schools.
Basically, it is designed to take over basic school management processes such as admission, fee management, result management, human resource management, user management and timetable management.
In order to improve accountability and efficiency, PSAMS engages all the major stakeholders of primary and secondary school education such as the principal, faculty, management, parents, government, administrative staff and students.
Seeing that LEAD Resources is now the official Management Consultant for CrownBirth Ltd., we have been equipped to give professional advice on all CrownBirth’s software product(s). To subscribe to either or both of these innovations, contact us we will guide you step-by-step.
