Blobus Mobile Classroom Promotes Digital Education Across Benin

The Blobus Initiative

• 🚌 The Blobus, a mobile classroom on a bus, travels across Benin to promote digital education and bridge the digital divide.
• 🎯 Since 2022, this initiative has been delivering educators and computers to public schools, with a focus on making learning fun.

Digital Skills for Students

• 💡 Students at schools like Low Public School and SUB school are learning essential computer literacy skills.
• 🎨 At SUB school, children used technology to create their own cartoons using the app Scratch, with many touching a computer for the first time.
• ✍️ For some students, it was their first experience turning on a computer, choosing drawings, and writing names.

Empowering Educators

• 👩‍🏫 Teachers also participate in workshops, learning to digitally design their own lesson plans and create tailor-made learning materials.
• 🚀 Digital tools enable teachers to create their own objects to convey messages, helping students better understand concepts.

Expanding Opportunities

• 🔬 At the digital training lab in Kenu, students can further develop hands-on skills through robotics and connectivity projects.
• 🌟 The program aims to identify and nurture future key players in technology, with organizers already spotting potential talent.

Impact and Reach

• 📊 In 2022, only 12 out of nearly 12,000 public schools in Benin had multimedia kits, highlighting the need for initiatives like Blobus.
• 🌍 The Blobus has so far reached nearly a quarter of Benin's municipalities, significantly impacting learners' access to critical digital skills.