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HUMAN RESOURCE DEVELOPMENT FOR GLOBAL COMPETITIVENESS

CONTRIBUTING TO DEVELOPMENT: OUR APPROACH

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Informing Involving Empowering Self Reliant

Community Assistance Community

Development

Sustainable Community

Development

Business Del. Framework

GMoU introduced

Focus areas

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Comm. Foundations Community owned utility companiesCommunity Operated Ventures

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Community Health: strengthening health systems and expand opportunities for healthcare access

Education: Improving access to quality education and promoting educational excellence.

LiveWIRE: Youth and Women enterprise development to increase employment and enterprise

GMoU: Community driven local social and economic development

Micro-creditWomen Programs added

Empowerment. HCD, CH andStrategic Partnership

Agric, YTS, Scholarships, Health

Our Social Performance initiatives are driven by: Deterioration in human development

realities in the Niger Delta over the decades which increased community expectations from SPDC JV

Growth of our business that increased our footprints and obligations to stakeholders

Widely recognised ineffectiveness of government in addressing development challenges

REALITY OF NIGERIAN EDUCATION SECTOR

Technical & Vocational Education

Poor Teacher/Pupil Ratio

RDeficit in Infrastructure

“Nigeria has recognized that her educational system has deteriorated due to a number of reasons, and has not made as much progress as she would have liked to make in attaining her EFA goals” (World Education Forum, 2000)

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OUR VISION FOR EDUCATION SECTOR

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There is an imperative for educational transformation as a key ingredient of social and economic development in a highly knowledge-driven and competitive world.

Leapfrogging into an innovation and knowledge-driven economy require closing digital, gender and geographical gaps in education as laid out in related national policy frameworks.

We seek to align with these national aspirations by investing in education in line with national priorities to facilitate the transition through our approach to, and advocacy for, investment in education.

We have the opportunity to leverage our technological expertise, extensive network of potential partners, multi-cultural experience to facilitate the transformation of education in Nigeria.

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BENCHMARKS FOR SPDC EDUCATION STRATEGY

SPDC EDUCATION PORTFOLIO STRATEGY

1. Building Scholars Provide opportunity for quantitative

and qualitative increase in human potentials and talent in order for them to become change agents that would drive national aspirations for global economic competitiveness

2. Promoting Digital Transformation

Leverage trends and advancement in digital technology to increase the quality of curriculum delivery, close digital gaps imposed by social and geographical factors

3. Driving Growth and Development

Incentivize excellence by bridging identified gaps in teaching and learning in order to re-orient the education system towards innovation, creativity and technology development

Strategic Objectives“To generate the intellectual and creative energy required

for sustained economic performance and global

competitiveness of Nigeria

Providing Opportunity

Identifying Potentials

Developing Talents

Becoming Change Agents

Criteria for entry point screening:1) Candidate must be

a Nigerian2) Must not be above

15 years3) Must be in JSS-1 as

at time of application

1. This stage starts from JSS 3 to SSS 3

2. Rests on the performance of awardees in National Examinations

1. Covers SSS-1 to SSS-3 including the First 2 years of University Education

2. Primarily capacity building oriented

Covers First Degree Graduates & Post Graduates

BUILDING SCHOLARS

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BUILDING SCHOLARS (CONTD)

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Cradle to Career scholarship scheme Secondary school scholarship scheme University scholarship scheme Niger Delta Postgraduate scholarships

Some beneficiaries of Cradle to Career Scheme

PROMOTING DIGITAL TRANSFORMATION

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Build and equip ICT centres for schools and universities e.g. Discovery Learning Alliance

Exposure Robotics League Wi-Fi in Universities (UNIPORT, in progress)

Participants at Exposure Robotics League

ICT centres

DRIVING GROWTH AND DEVELOPMENT

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National and Regional Science Fair and Quiz Competitions Developing ‘Centres of Excellence’ (UNIBEN and UNN,

Enugu) Sabbatical and Internship Programs; Shell Summer School Professional Chair Endowments Teacher’s Development Program Shell Eco-Marathon Challenge Mentoring Program for Scholars SKOOL NIGERIA program

Front View of CEMAC Building, UNN, Enugu CampusSummer School Students and Shell Personnel

SHELL ECO-MARATHON CHALLENGE

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Shell sponsored students from the universities of Lagos (UNILAG) and Benin (UNIBEN) to participate at the 2014 Shell Eco-Marathon Challenge in Rotterdam, Netherland.

Shell Eco-Marathon challenges students to design, build and race fuel-efficient vehicles.

The Nigerian teams made history as the first from Sub-Saharan Africa to participate at the Marathon.

Both teams also joined an elite group of 10 teams (out of 200 from 26 countries) chosen to participate in the opening ceremony.

The UNILAG Team produced AUTONOV II which participated in the Prototype category and also qualified to take part in the race.

“Tuke Tuke” built by Team UNIBEN

ANTONOV II built by Team UNILAG

SHELL UNIVERSITY LIAISON

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Annual Sabbatical and research internship slots in Geology, Geophysics, Geomatics, Reservoir Engineering, Wells Engineering, Production and Facilities Engineering, Environment and Sustainable Community Development, etc.

Established two (2) Centres of Excellence: Environmental Management and Control (UNN, Enugu Campus) & Geosciences and Petroleum Engineering (UNIBEN)

Endowed 8 Professorial Chairs in selected disciplines, including Environmental Studies, Petroleum Engineering, Biodiversity and Climate Change, Geology, Geophysics and Mechanical Engineering.

Two (2) Shell Summer Schools in Petroleum Engineering and Geosciences for students from eight (8) universities every year.

Donation of educational materials including books, DVDs, software and laboratory equipment to various universities in Nigeria.

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Education is the bedrock of any nation’s growth and development.

The challenge lies in developing and implementing strategies to make educational opportunities accessible and affordable to everyone, irrespective of their social status or background.

Educational transformation is a key ingredient of social and economic development in a highly knowledge-driven and competitive world.

Leapfrogging into an innovation and knowledge driven economy require closing digital, gender and geographical gaps in education.

SPDC and its joint venture partners continues to support the educational sector in Nigeria in several ways including instituting scholarship schemes for secondary and university students.