EEI launches Media and Information Literacy (MIL) clubs in schools | EduCeleb
Press Release
12th June 2019
Educand Education Initiative (EEI), organisers of the annual SPELL&THRILL! competition intervention project has in partnership with the United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organisation  (UNESCO) pioneered the establishment of UNESCO Media and Information Literacy (MIL) clubs in  Nigerian schools. This pioneering effort is with the support of the Swedish Government.
The pilot engagement, which had the participation of twenty SPELL&THRILL!coordinators, forty (40) SPELL&THRILL! ambassadors from twenty (20)SPELL&THRILL! compliant schools was held on the 29of May, 2019 at the Curators Hub,Akure,Ondo State.
Ithad in attendance schools from Rivers, Enugu, Kogi, Osun, Ogun, Ondo and EkitiStates. The participants were drawn from twenty (20) schools that haderstwhile featured in the annual SPELL&THRILL! competition.
SPELL&THRILL! is an annual spelling bee competitionorganised by Educand Education Initiative for students in primary and secondaryschools. It is an avenue to improve their spellingskills, increase their vocabulary and improve their reading habit. It alsoseeks to build students’ self-esteem and confidence and their stagecomposure while also improvingacademic concentration and focus.
UNESCO’s MIL curriculum is designed to combat thepropagation of hate speech, fake news and terrorism while fostering proper useof the internet, intercultural dialogue and cohesion among citizens. Thecurriculum is also geared towards helping teachers become more pragmatictowards their role as educators in this regard.
After the one-day training exercise, teachers and students from the pioneering SPELL&THRILL! compliant schools were saddled with the responsibility of inaugurating the UNESCO MIL club in their various schools.
The President of EEI, Mr. Ayotunde Ikulamberu said that activities are ongoing to scale up the reach of UNESCO MIL clubs to other Nigerian schools in the immediate future.