US-Based Company Partners Ilorin Aviation College, Trains 45 On Aero STEM
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.”
Cloud Tag: What's trending
Click on a word/phrase to read more about it.
Olusegun Adeniyi Onilorin Sobi Hill Women Radio Jamiu Oyawoye Raliat Elelu-Habeeb Razak Atunwa Kale Belgore Prince Sunday Fagbemi Overland Raymond Olaitan Ahmed Mohammed Rifun Abdulganiyu AbdulAzeez Kamoru Kadiri Wahab Agbaje Tafida Issa Manzuma GRA Volunteers Of Ilorin Community And The Emirate Offa Poly Kudirat Arinola Lawal Ile Arugbo Iyabo Adisa Ibiyeye Raji AbdulRasaq Olatunde Oyeyiola Tanke Flyover Bridge Razaq Ayobami Akanbi Durbar Festival Musa Alhassan Buge Ahmed Idris Mohammed Innocent Okoye Elerin Of Erin-Ile Tricycle Owners Association Of Nigeria SAPZ Project Kwara State Coalition Of Business And Professional Associations 2017 Budget Buari Edun Student Learning Support Helpline Shero Ayodele Shittu 3MTT AbdulGafar Tosho Afeyin-Olukuta Anilelerin Taofik Abdulkareem Babaita Abdulrazaq Solihudeen Kwara University Of Education Michael Nzekwe Afolabi-Oshatimehin Ilorin Emirate Stakeholders Forum Kwara United Tsaragi-Share Yunus Oniboki Www.Kwarareports.com Ahmad Ali Aisha Buhari John Obuh Modibo Kawu Otuka Esuwoye Haliru Yahaya Usman Alkali Baba Ayedun Barakat Community Secondary School Gbemisola Saraki Ibrahim Abiodun Abdulhakeem Adelaja Amao KWASAA Wahab Kunle Shittu Samuel Elizabeth Keatswa Segun Ogunsola Nupe Yusuf Amuda Aluko Bashir Omolaja Bolarinwa Hassanat Bello Leke Ogungbe Simeon Sayomi

