Education
The education in Makoko 2035 receives influences from the West, but its stamp is essentially African, reflective of students' and teachers' Egun or Yoruba identities. The family is, of course, where the children of Makoko receive their first education.
"Education will be a game-changer for those African countries that not only offer nominally widespread schooling but ensure that qualifed teachers are in classrooms—currently lacking acrossthe continent. Providing electricity and building infrastructures, creating better and more stable policy regimes, raising the skill levels of workers, maintaining security, opening space for private sector development and entrepreneurship, and closing opportunities for corruption will also be critical." (Global Trends 2030, Alternative Worlds)
In the past twenty years, many African writers have become internationally known, as their stories have been published and become popular around the world. In Nigerian schools, where students are taught much canonical Western literature, it is nonetheless, the local African authors that are the most widely read. In the Floating Education System, all children have access to tablets with which to access African stories, comics, games, and movies. The culture of Makoko is globally interconnected, and Makokoans are educated about the wider world, but they appropriate what they learn, giving it new meaning, relevant to their own lives.
"Education will be a game-changer for those African countries that not only offer nominally widespread schooling but ensure that qualifed teachers are in classrooms—currently lacking acrossthe continent. Providing electricity and building infrastructures, creating better and more stable policy regimes, raising the skill levels of workers, maintaining security, opening space for private sector development and entrepreneurship, and closing opportunities for corruption will also be critical." (Global Trends 2030, Alternative Worlds)
In the past twenty years, many African writers have become internationally known, as their stories have been published and become popular around the world. In Nigerian schools, where students are taught much canonical Western literature, it is nonetheless, the local African authors that are the most widely read. In the Floating Education System, all children have access to tablets with which to access African stories, comics, games, and movies. The culture of Makoko is globally interconnected, and Makokoans are educated about the wider world, but they appropriate what they learn, giving it new meaning, relevant to their own lives.