Development of Multifunctional Mobile Teaching Aid for Basic and Secondary schools in Nigeria.

Abstract

The inadequate supply of educational teaching aids and truly functional laboratories to aid teaching and learning in the basic, science, secondary and virtual schools across Nigeria and in fact globally due to high cost incurred in acquiring them has necessitated the invention of a multifunctional mobile teaching aid and intervention laboratory for schools. The invention relates to educational demonstrations, experimentations, display and instructional materials as home-grown, purpose-built game changer to positively disrupt the educational sector to enhance quality and effective Science, Technology. Engineering and Mathematics (STEM) education in Nigeria translating into reduced situation of mass failures in NECO, WAEC, NABTEB, IJMB, UTME, quality impactful teachers’ delivery, students’ participatory interests in studies, value for money and reduced capital flights from importation of apparatus. This innovation which has been adopted and deployed by the Kaduna and Niger state Governments with other Federal Ministries of Education, Science, Technology and Innovation provides multifunctional interfaces for variety of experiments on single equipment and its auxiliaries has made experimentation and teaching easier, more captivating its mobility around for appropriate purposes and it equally fits into existing conventional laboratories. The results obtained in basic science, physics, chemistry, biology and mathematics were conclusively effective and efficient using the innovation. The 170cm height of the equipment was experimentally obtained like it was being done in the conventional laboratory to measure the height of the ceiling using simple pendulum and the results of 165cm was gotten within +2.9% minimum experimental error with recommendation for height automation and collapsibility.