Thousands of students in the Abutia Traditional Area will benefit from the innovative educational support platform, eCampusfollowing the donation of GHC 2 million cedis value of the Company’s subscriptions.
Support was secured on his initiative Chiame Gakpethe Paramount Linguist of the region as part of the Easter 2024 celebrations.
Details
Mr. Cecil Sena NutacoreFounder and CEO of the Company which led some executives to present the donation on Easter Monday, said more than 1,300 students would receive free one-year subscriptions to the award-winning platform that enables educators and other stakeholders to measure learning outcomes.
He said the highly interactive mobile and web-based application was designed for all levels of education with thousands of questions and academic exercises, including videos and podcasts that would help teachers prepare their students.
βeCampus is a technology that helps measure, analyze and predict your test readiness, employment and compliance. eCampus 2024 decided to work with traditional leaders to see how we can improve education at the community and rural level.
“We want to support the entire Abutia community. Anyone living in Abutia β even in the diaspora, can benefit,” he said.
Digging deeper
Community leaders have called for smart devices to help support the program, and the CEO said the data generated from usage will allow the Company to identify needs and work to provide support.
He said the company had access to some major device manufacturers and has a long-standing partnership with Telecel Global which allows eCampus to be used without data charges in 5 African countries including Ghana.
“We are negotiating with other data service providers to waive charges for using the app“. he emphasized.
Mr. Nutakor, therefore, encouraged everyone, including parents, to use smart devices to use the app and said students should try to make the most of the opportunity.
βThe results are based on data, so let’s focus on letting kids use it. Teachers should also use it, and the diffusion will be great. User behavior data on the platform will unlock additional opportunities for the community. All you can do for your community is just learn. Just learn and earn points”.
![](https://techlabari.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/04/WhatsApp-Image-2024-04-06-at-09.18.14_d598f8b0-1024x682.jpg)
![](https://techlabari.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/04/WhatsApp-Image-2024-04-06-at-09.18.14_d598f8b0-1024x682.jpg)
Togbe Adza Asamoah Konta Kokroko IIIthe Asafofiaga (warlord) of Abutia, promised to come up with strategies to ensure βevery child will benefit.
“We won the lottery. Let’s work hard to ensure that our children benefit. Let’s embrace it and see if our children will improve,” he said.
The warlord promised a personal donation of some computers to help the project.
Togbe Okai Debrah IIIhead of Abutia Teti division, said traditional leaders will encourage parents to support their children to access the app, adding:the world is moving towards the computer age and teaching and learning are becoming virtualβ.
Between the lines
Chiame Gakpethe Paramount Linguist, said the CEO was a primary school classmate at Mawuli Primary School in Ho and agreed to support his vision for education in the area and that Abutia traditional leaders had supported the initiative.
He said that the traditional area considers education as the most sustainable investment that will guarantee overall development and called on the government to support with the necessary devices and structures, including school infrastructure and reliable electricity supply to power the devices.
By The Numbers
eCampus was implemented in 2015 and currently about 80,000 user subscriptions.
Mr. Nutakor stated that the Company had successfully undertaken several missions to various educational institutions including nursing and midwifery training colleges and the Ghana Law School.
I look forward
He said the Company continued to expand its reach into other areas such as; compliance as a service (CaaS) for corporate organisations, the financial sector anti-money laundering and cyber fraud, as well as training and product knowledge assessment for FMCG and insurance companies.
What they say
Cecil Sena NutacoreFounder and CEO of the Company β βSo what started basically to help people pass exams has now evolved into a holistic solution to empower entire societies and acts as a bridge between industry and academia. We believe that extending this to the community level and building from there by working strongly in partnership with our traditional rulers could create a much greater impact“.
The CEO said the brand was privileged “to participate in this change in the way our traditional leaders perceive development,β and added that the Company will continue to work with traditional leaders as βa more formal and deliberate strategy in the future.”
Mr. Nutakor also appealed to the government to support the initiative to spread the digital transformation network to the rural communities.
Follow us on our WhatsApp channel, Twitterand Instagramand subscribe to our weekly newsletter to make sure you don’t miss any news.
Related