2013 Public Policy Dialogue Murtala Mohammed Foundation Leapfrogging Nigeria from Education to Learning Julius O. Akinyemi Entrepreneur –In-Residence, MIT Media Lab Aisha Muhammed-Oyebode - CEO, Murtala Muhammed Foundation

1. 2013 Public Policy Dialogue
Murtala Mohammed Foundation
Leapfrogging Nigeria from Education to Learning
Julius O. Akinyemi
Entrepreneur –In-Residence
MIT Media Lab
October 8, 2013

2. MIT MEDIA LAB – CREATING A BETTER FUTURE FOR HUMANITY
THROUGH TECHNOLOGY INNOVATION.

3. Le Cordonnier & Son Apprenti - Emile Adan, c1914
The Wisdom of Apprenticeship - watching, learning & doing

4. The MIT Media Lab an Engine of Innovation

5. The Working Area: Atelier Style

6. 1910 FRENCH POSTER ABOUT LEARNING

7. Education: We Need to Fix Our Foundational Mistake
(The Primary Schools) So they can Yield Returns
that Contribute to Our National Wealth
1. Learn How to Learn
2. Love to Learn with Passion
3. Love to Love to Learn.
They Need to:

8. The Principles:
1. Learning Over Education – The need for “Return on
Education”
2. Practice over Theory-watching, learning and doing –
The apprenticeship way.
3. Resiliency over Strength – the system will fail sometime
but recover fast
4. Re-evaluate your Risk vs. Safety – Safety stifles
Innovation and does not provide a nurturing
environment for growth

9. Akinyemi@media.mit.edu
NEXT STEPS?
TO BE DISCUSSED