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Airtel offers school children multimedia learning platform

One of the telecommunica­tions service providers in the country, Airtel Nigeria has launched a mobile education plat­form designed to enhance learning experience of children from age five to 16 years across the country.

The tool, branded Airtel Smart Trybe Junior, integrates three of the major aspects of education: audio visual, textbooks and test to deliver more than 120 courses to students in that category nationwide.
The tool which offers a 3D interac­tive multimedia based learning en­vironment designed to help students achieve deeper understanding and higher retention also features highly engaging animations of laboratory experiments and lecture notes, class­room approved textbooks and an in-dept h compilation of key points and definitions presented as quick study flash cards.
The package also enables users to access pre-loaded e-books, which are exclusively developed for the com­pany based on the current academic curriculum in the country.

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