Karim Adeyemi Foundation

Opening Digital Doors: KAF X SkillNG for IDSDP 2026! 🥳✨

We are excited to announce our partnership with for our International Day of Sports for Development and Peace Essay Competition 2026. A collaboration designed to equip KAF IDSDP scholars with real, future-ready digital opportunities, a step further in our efforts in Quality Education and Digital Inclusion.

Beneficiaries will receive:
- Full scholarships for winners to enroll in a skills acquisition program with SkillNG in career paths such as Data, Design, and other tech skills.
- A Standard Masterclass Session thoughtfully curated by SkillNG and specially focused on SS2/SS3 scholars, preparing them for higher education, and similar paths they choose in life.
- An official SkillNG × KAF certificate, adding meaningful value to each scholar’s educational and learning journey.

This partnership extends the immediate impact of IDSDP in introducing the students to the use of computer, but also how KAF contributes to the growing need for digital literacy and digital inclusion among students, regardless of status.💫

We’re also delighted to have Polaris Bank continue its long-standing and constant support for our students as they have done every year, providing essential learning resources for every participant. 🤩

At Karim Adeyemi Foundation, we believe every student in our public secondary schools deserves the tools to compete on a global stage. Therefore, beyond creative skills and sports for Peace and Unity, this yearly essay competition is also for DIGITAL INCLUSION.

As we move through 2026, we see a shift in how students in Nigeria are evaluated for external examinations. The Joint Admissions Matriculations Board (JAMB) began the Computer Based Test Examination in 2013 but made it compulsory in 2015, with the West African Examinations Board (WAEC) proposing a transition to Computer-Based Testing (CBT) in 2026, digital literacy has moved from being an "extra" to an absolute necessity.

Many of our participants from Ibadan do not have the privilege and access to learn with digital resources. That gap can become a huge barrier for them in today’s world. The IDSDP CBT stage is our intentional way of bridging that gap and breaking that barrier by creating a space where students in public secondary schools in Ibadan can engage with technology, inform and encourage them of it's importance, develop basic computer skills, gain confidence expressing their ideas digitally, and become comfortable with technology-based learning.

While this appears a small step, it's one with a lasting impact. 🇳🇬✨ The future of education is digital, and we are making sure students from our communities are not left behind.

What more could be proof of the excellence and impact of KAF IDSDP Essay Competition?

Past participants of the competition gave amazing and heartwarming testimonies of their experiences. Not only do these testimonials inspire us to keep doing this, but they also speak to the wonderful mark and impact it leaves on the participants. ✨

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