US-Based Company Partners Ilorin Aviation College, Trains 45 On Aero STEM

Date: 2023-08-16

Project Sunshine, a United States-based company, has partnered with the International Aviation College (IAC), Ilorin in Kwara State to organise Aero Science Technology Engineering and Mathematic (STEM) Fellowship for secondary school students in selected institutions in the state.

Project Sunshine, a Non-Governmental Organisation (NGO) said that Aero STEM Fellowship was designed to provide interactive learning activities to young adults to equip them with materials and manuals to build an RC Aircraft.

A statement by the IAC said that for three days, 45 students were camped in the hostel of the college and taken through the manuals on making of RC aircraft.

The statement hinted that Project Sunshine is championed by two US-based Nigerian pilots – Capt. Idris Ekungba and Capt. Uchena Abali who works with American Airlines and Delta Air Lines, respectively.

At the closing of the three-day programme, Ekungba, an indigene of Owo in Ondo State, who initiated the fellowship in Ilorin as a way of giving back to the community where he spent his formative years, said the project was to expose the kids to STEM as well as piloting.

He stressed the need to catch the children young to develop interest in STEM, noting that only about 15 per cent of African children have knowledge about STEM.

He commended the performance of the students during the three days training, saying that it was a long time project.

He said: “We also had teachers from each of these schools come in with the students to also learn what we are teaching the students because we also have to be following up with them over the next few years. It is a long term process. The short term is starting from here.

“I grew up in a home with a father that instilled the passion in me, the passion of always giving back to society. So I thought about what vehicle I could use to give back to society.”

Source

 

Cloud Tag: What's trending

Click on a word/phrase to read more about it.

Apaola     Pakata Development Association     Habeeb Saidu     Yomi Adeboye     Bureau Of Lands     Joshua Adeyemi Adimula     Kudirat Arinola Lawal     Paul Odama     Obasanjo     Maigida Soludero Transit     International Public Sector Accounting Standards     Imodoye Writer’s Enclave     Galadiman Ngeri     Nagode     Ayo Opadokun     Onilorin Of Ilorin     Ndama Al-hassan     Idris Amosa Saidu     Abdulkadir Akanbi-Oke     Kishira     Ahman Pategi University     Rihanat Ajia     Abdulmumin Yinka Ajia     John Olobayo     Shuaibu Yaman Abdullahi     Funmilayo Oniwa     Yusuf Abdulraheem     Alaaya     Fareedah Dankaka     Olatomiwa Williams     Mohammed Abduraheem     HICA     Kamaldeen Gambari     Mahfouz Adedimeji     Trade Lenda SME Fair     State Bureau Of Internal Revenue     Afetu Of Alabe     Ndakene     New Nigeria People’s Party     Isaac Aderemi Kolawole     Lucky Omoluwa     Saka Saadu     Ademola Kiyesola     Yusuf Amuda Abubakar     National Broadcasting Commission     Bello Oyebanji     Abegunde Goke     Omu-aran     Balogun Ajikobi     Aliyu Adebayo     Ilorin Emirate Staff Association     Abubakar Baba Sulaiman     Lawal Olohungbebe     Sambo Murtala     Fatai Garuba Labaka     HYPPADEC     Government High School Adeta     Alanamu     Budo-Egba     Bola Iyabo Ibiyeye Adisa     Demola Banu     Post Utme     Dankaka     KWTV     IDPU     Peter Amogbonjaye     Plat Technologies     Mashood Dauda     Shehu Jimoh     University Road     Gafaru Olayiwola Olorisade     CT Ayeni     YAKOOYO     Just Event Online     Oluwatoyin Lukman     Ilorin West     Onilupeju Of Ilupeju    

Cloud Tag: What's trending

Click on a word/phrase to read more about it.

Nnazua     Isau     Adeleke Ogungbe     IsDB     Akanbi-Oke     Maigida     Adamu Attah     Borgu     COEASU     Aishatu Ahmed Gobir     David Oyedepo     Labour Party     Razaq Ayobami Akanbi     Ibraheem Abdullateef     Umar Danladi Shero     Sheriff Olanrewaju     Jamila Bio Ibrahim     Tunde Saad     Shettima     Yusuf Babatunde Abdulwahab     Oyelere Oyinloye     Sobi Specialist Hospital     Mohammed Katsina Ahmed     Oyawoye     Tafidan Kaiama     Saraki     Olomu     Abdulmajeed Abdullahi     Ubandawaki     Folashade Omoniyi     Ali Ahmad     Adamu B. Yaqubu     Ibrahim Labaika     Musa Abdullahi     Memunat Monsuma     Ayodele Kuburat Olaosebikan     Ishola Abdullahi     Onilorin Of Ilorin     Sidikat Uthman Ajibola     Funke Adedoyin     Alikinla     Ganmo Electricity Sub-Station     Ajayi Okasanmi     Adegoke Bamidele     Susan Modupe Oluwole     Mubarak Oladosu     Danladi     Bolaji Aladie     Jimba Babatunde     Rotimi Samuel Olujide     Olawuyi     Ilorin Metro Park     Asa     Ayo Adeyemi     Hamza Usman     Oloje     Olam Food Ingredients     Abdulrasheed Lafia     Elerinjare     Abdullahi Imam Abdullahi     Abdulmumini Sanni Jawondo     Sola Saraki Educational Foundation     Alaro     Olaosebikan     Omotoso     Bola Olukoju     Olushola Saraki     Ile Arugbo     Tayo Awodiji     Moshood Bakare     Abikan     Zaratu Umar     Yakubu Danladi     Moses Adekanye     Abubakar Imam     Abdulraheem Yusuf     Ilorin West