Whether online education or traditional form of education, one thing is certain; the benefits of
education can never be over emphasized. How successful one intends to become, the length one
intends to go, evolves on their willingness to learn new things, acquire new skills and adapt in
today’s fast evolving World. No doubt, education is one of the fundamental factors for economic
growth. For a country to achieve sustainable development, there is high need to invest in its
human capital development.
The idea for Softicu Institute of Technology came after several direct involvement in physical trainings; some as attendee, while some as host/organizer. I discovered physical trainings even though great, but had their limitations and constraints.
From the host/organizer perspective, I have experienced lots of discouragement and feel that so many
young Nigerians do not want to utilize thousands of opportunity in the technology world, but then; after
organizing or hosting ICT training both paid and free, I came to realize from the reports that most times, the training time, fee and locations doesn’t suit these students and so they fail to attend.
Learning is a continuous process, there lots of Leadership and personal development training and
course, I would love to attend or have some times, miss it because of clash with work and other
schedules, From an attendee perspective, I would say it was usually expensive for me and also
inconvenient. Traveling to big cities like Lagos State, Abuja or Port Harcourt, attending physical
trainings even within my city could be quite expensive and somewhat inconvenient, and also, the
scheduling may not be convenient for me.
With these difficulties explained above, I saw ELearning as a way out. Thus, I started resorting
to online training through various top global elearning providers like Alison.com, Udemy.com
and Lynda.com. Then also, I started working on an ELearning project that can enable people take
courses online, and still be able to engage with their instructor(s), instead of traveling or going
far for it, and this Softicu Institute of Technology offers.
Sit.ng is not just an ELearning portal, the technology also features an scholarship offers, student
loan, ELearning community where candidates taking courses/training online can engage with their instructors, or other co-candidates in the community.Sit.ng is an innovative e-learning portal founded by a Nigerian Technology firm, Education equips the people, who in return contribute to the development of the economy. In the case of Sit.ng, if more people are equipped with different business skills, or professional skills, including soft skills, they can startup new businesses, and become proficient in those businesses with the right training, which in return will contribute immensely to the country’s GDP. One great opportunity for Softicu Institute of Technology in the Nigeria market is that we are localizing contents, yes, and that is key.
