This was the position of concerned stakeholders during the July edition of EdTech Mondays, an initiative of the Mastercard Foundation, in partnership with Co-Creation Hub.
Speaking during the session titled ‘Technology as an enabler for equity and inclusion in education’, the Assistant Education Officer, United Nations High Commission for Refugees, Helen Akintemi, stated that the organisation sees technology as a veritable tool to drive inclusion in education among refugees.
The founder of Keeping it Real Foundation, Bitebo Gogo, explained that the organisation is more concerned about catering to the educational welfare of the children in this category, hence the reason for deploying technology to ensure access. Highlighting some of the challenges faced in deploying technology for children with disabilities, he urged stakeholders to work more in improving advocacy against stereotypes while also solving the problem of internet connectivity and power plaguing the country.