Kayode Alabi Leadership and Career Initiative (KLCI)

Anytime I visit Lekki or some top secondary schools accross Lagos, I noticed these schools have all what it takes to teach their students 21st century skills. I entered one of the class, the class had a projector, free WiFi and conducive with air condition. I asked myself how much would a student pay to enjoy many of these Facilities? Over =N=300,000 per term (3 month) which is equivalent to $1000 (Excluding fee for extra-curricular). I looked at myself and I said, "The community where I was raised, students do not have access to such facilities." Let's forget the facilities, "can they even afford $3 for feeding ?. The children of you and I may find it difficult to attend such schools. I visited a school in a particular area in Ogun State and I saw the teacher hustling with a student to ensure he pays his school fee. You may want to ask how much 1000 Naira I.e. equivalent to $3. The fact is children in rural communities face starkly a different life because of th

Having worked with Project LECT (Leadership, Entrepreneurship and Character Training), a mobile mentorship and Career Symposia to help secondary school students in underserved communities develop life skills. We have identified that there is need to help students develop 21st century skills. This was gotten through our monitoring and evaluation carried out at the end of each of our sessions. The evaluation enabled us to develop project that would enable us scale and make more impacts. We came about "Skill2Rural Bootcamp" a platform that uses volunteer mobilization approach to reduce inequalities by empowering 90 secondary school students and 10 teachers in rural communities with 21st century skills such as  (Design Thinking, Problem Solving, Emotional Intelligence etc.) needed to integrate into the workforce and prepare them for the future of works. Skill2Rural Bootcamp is a 2 days intensive programme and has received funding through the Peace First Mini Grant in