{"id":69907,"date":"2025-07-07T17:10:15","date_gmt":"2025-07-07T17:10:15","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/?p=69907"},"modified":"2025-07-07T17:10:15","modified_gmt":"2025-07-07T17:10:15","slug":"fg-rolls-out-ai-training-for-teachers-to-boost-tech-education-in-schools","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/2025\/07\/07\/fg-rolls-out-ai-training-for-teachers-to-boost-tech-education-in-schools\/","title":{"rendered":"FG Rolls Out AI Training for Teachers to Boost Tech Education in Schools"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>By Rofiat Olokuta<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>The Federal Government has unveiled a pioneering initiative to integrate artificial intelligence (AI), into Nigeria\u2019s public school classrooms.<\/p>\n<p>Launched on July 7, 2025, the programme, Experience AI in Nigeria is set to train over 3,150 secondary school teachers across five southwestern states.<\/p>\n<p>Spearheaded by NerdzFactory in partnership with the Raspberry Pi Foundation and funded by Google.org, the initiative introduces teachers to the basics of AI and machine learning.<\/p>\n<p>These educators will, in turn, train more than 150,000 students, fostering early exposure to future-ready tech skills.<\/p>\n<p>The hybrid training model blends online learning with hands-on workshops, ensuring inclusive participation from both urban and rural schools.<\/p>\n<p>Running until December 2026, the programme marks a major step in Nigeria\u2019s push to align its education system with global digital advancements and prepare its youth for emerging careers in technology.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>By Rofiat Olokuta The Federal Government has unveiled a pioneering initiative to integrate artificial intelligence (AI), into Nigeria\u2019s public school classrooms. Launched on July 7, 2025, the programme, Experience AI in Nigeria is set to train over 3,150 secondary school teachers across five southwestern states. Spearheaded by NerdzFactory in partnership with the Raspberry Pi Foundation [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":29,"featured_media":69908,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[183,172],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-69907","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-education","category-news"],"aioseo_notices":[],"amp_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/69907","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/29"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=69907"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/69907\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":69909,"href":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/69907\/revisions\/69909"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/69908"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=69907"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=69907"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=69907"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}