The potential of AI

•Rapidly evolving technology to the rescue of Nigeria’s 18 million out-of-school children
By Chinenye Anuforo
At 18, Yemisi Ayoola should be preparing for university admission. Instead, she spends her days learning hairdressing and makeup artistry at a vocational centre in Ilesa, Osun State, hoping the skills she acquires will help her build a future that poverty almost denied her.
Yemisi’s education was interrupted after Junior Secondary School. Her parents could no longer afford to keep her in school.
“It was when I wanted to continue that there was no money,” she recalled. “If government can help me go back to school, I will be happy.”
 
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