Education in one Nigerian slum goes digital as charity creates virtual learning hub

By Aisha Salaudeen and Anita Patrick, CNN

Updated 2001 GMT (0401 HKT) July 22, 2020

New York City students protest to keep schools open on November 14. Mayor Bill de Blasio made the decision to close down the city's public school buildings starting on November 19, after the city's 7-day average reached the 3% positive-testing-rate threshold.
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New York City students protest to keep schools open on November 14. Mayor Bill de Blasio made the decision to close down the city's public school buildings starting on November 19, after the city's 7-day average reached the 3% positive-testing-rate threshold.
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High school students in Seaford, Delaware, are given lunch at their desks on September 8.
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High school students in Seaford, Delaware, are given lunch at their desks on September 8.
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Young students make sure they are spread out from one another as they stand in a line before entering a classroom in Pamplona, Spain, on September 7.
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Young students make sure they are spread out from one another as they stand in a line before entering a classroom in Pamplona, Spain, on September 7.
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Students at the Huazhong University of Science and Technology attend a commencement ceremony in Wuhan, China, on September 4. Wuhan is where the coronavirus outbreak was first reported.
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Students at the Huazhong University of Science and Technology attend a commencement ceremony in Wuhan, China, on September 4. Wuhan is where the coronavirus outbreak was first reported.
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Third-grade student Jackson Gebelin focuses on an online class as he sits at a desk at the Delano Recreation Center in Los Angeles on September 3.
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Third-grade student Jackson Gebelin focuses on an online class as he sits at a desk at the Delano Recreation Center in Los Angeles on September 3.
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Students sit together on their first day of school in London on September 3. Their belongings had to be contained in plastic bags as part of new regulations.
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Students sit together on their first day of school in London on September 3. Their belongings had to be contained in plastic bags as part of new regulations.
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A preschool teacher in Stamford, Connecticut, prepares a student bathroom August 26 for the upcoming semester.
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A preschool teacher in Stamford, Connecticut, prepares a student bathroom August 26 for the upcoming semester.
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Darlene Genander loads up her vehicle as she helps University of North Carolina junior Caitlin Sockin move out of a dorm in Chapel Hill, North Carolina, on August 19. After about 130 students tested positive for Covid-19 in the first week since classes began, the university abruptly decided it would no longer hold <a href="https://www.cnn.com/2020/08/17/us/coronavirus-college-university/index.html" target="_blank">in-person classes</a> on campus.
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Darlene Genander loads up her vehicle as she helps University of North Carolina junior Caitlin Sockin move out of a dorm in Chapel Hill, North Carolina, on August 19. After about 130 students tested positive for Covid-19 in the first week since classes began, the university abruptly decided it would no longer hold in-person classes on campus.
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University of Idaho students wear face masks while playing a game outside of the Sigma Nu fraternity on August 17.
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University of Idaho students wear face masks while playing a game outside of the Sigma Nu fraternity on August 17.
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Second-grade teacher Darsi Green's class practices social distancing while eating lunch on a basketball court in Weaverville, California, on August 17.
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Second-grade teacher Darsi Green's class practices social distancing while eating lunch on a basketball court in Weaverville, California, on August 17.
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