Oracle Apex is a cloud-based application used by developers around the world for building database driven application.

The unique feature of the Oracle Apex software is that it is a low code application. This means that developers get to write little or no SQL code which makes database developers build applications really fast.

At the start of the program, Mrs Dele Tejuoso, founder of Wificombat academy re-introduced the Oracle Academy program to students and teachers in attendance.

She also explained the benefits of schools being a member of the Oracle academy which is enjoying trainings such as the Oracle Apex Training.

In addition, Mrs Tejuoso introduced the facilitators that would be teaching the Course and they were; Mr Kolade and the assistant facilitator Titilayo Hamzat. These two facilitators were very instrumental in the delivery of the training and students attested to the ease of onboarding with the Oracle Apex software.

Last year, teachers attended the oracle Apex training solely and got exposed to the Oracle Apex software but this year, the teachers selected some students from their schools to attend the Oracle Apex training to learn how to use the software

This bootcamp ran from the 12^th of April to the 28^th of April. It was held in three batches where students and teachers from private and public secondary schools attended.

The bootcamp saw in attendance a total of 107 students who attended and 17 schools; 14 schools from Lagos, 2 schools from Ogun State and 1 school from Osun State.

Of the 17 schools that attended, the schools that stood out during the program were; Whitesands School, Julliard Academy, Grange School, Supreme Education Foundation, Childville School, Halifield Schools, and Surulere Junior Secondary School.

The students learnt how to use the Oracle Apex software, Understand the Oracle Apex interface, Understanding the four (4) major workspace Interfaces in Oracle APEX, use the Oracle Builder, Oracle gallery and Oracle SQL.

Excitingly, the students were able to create various data applications such as; a football application calendar, a schedule application for Travelling and creating a file from a spreadsheet.

The students also shared their experiences for the 3-day trainings done in 3 batches.  They expressed their gratitude on learning how to build a data application system that requires little code; one student said ‘’this program has ignited my interest in programming and database’’, another student said; ‘’I believe it was very educational and served as a nice introduction to the usage of the oracle Apex platform. The organizational structure was decent and could possibly be improved upon. This program has strengthened my dream of becoming a data scientist, So I am thankful.’’

In attendance of the bootcamp was Bekere Amassoma, Programs Manager, Sub-Sahara Africa, Oracle Academy. Mrs Bekere addressed the students and teachers in attendance. She shared how important it is for students to be future ready for the 21stcentury workforce. She talked about how students’ projects should be tailored towards developing applications for Sustainable development.

She encouraged students to come up with a solution to any of the sustainable development goals and to build an app with the Oracle apex data application.

In lieu of this, the students will be having a semi demo day this June 25^th, 2022. On this day students from the various schools that participated in the Oracle Apex Training would be presenting their applications built with the Oracle Apex.

The application would be based on providing solutions to any of the Sustainable Development Goals.

Wificombat Academy, pioneer in the edutech space in Nigeria, founded by Mrs Dele Tejuoso in partnership with Polyup USA, one of the biggest silicon edutech.

The competition was chaired by The Centre for Sustainable Development and Global Competitiveness (SDGC) at Stanford University These students provided solution to earth’s climate change and carbon emission using maths, robotics and computational learning.

Speaking about the feats achieved by the team, Mrs Dele Tejuoso, founder of Wificombat Academy, said they were able to accomplish this by working in various start-up teams alongside other students from different parts of the world for a period 6 months, from July to December, 2021.

Three of the start-up teams our students belonged to, emerged winners.

The startup teams are: Samurai Velocity- First Position for Carbon Removal Solution; Golden Ratio- 2nd Runner Up for Top Libraries Award and Technological Future-3rd Runner Up for Top Libraries award. These students will now be beneficiaries of the $15,000 Innovation Hub Awards given to the winners.

The name of the students are; Abdullah Olamiteju  Qamardeen- Muhibat Memorial School; Abdulrahman  Abdulwaheed- Muhibat Memorial School; Anjola  Etop-Elem- British International school; Aseoluwa  Ayanwale- River oaks school Lagos ; Benaiah Ajayi- Temple Secondary School; Bethel Ajayi- Chrisland High school; David Nwoye – Grange School; Israel Ehimanre  Isibor – Bowine International School; Jerry Okikiola Isibor – Bowine International School; Jessie Etop-Elem- Lagos Preparatory school; Johnnie Olusanya – Cumnor House School of Boys UK; Joshua Etop-Elem- British International School; Kayode Suaad – Muhibat Memorial School; Oluwadunto  Ayanwale – Loveworld Schools, Lagos; Oluwafoyinsolami  Bamidele – Hallifield College Maryland, Lagos; Oluwagbolawole Bamidele- Hallifield College Maryland, Lagos; Semilore Tejuoso- Temple Secondary School; Damilare Agbaje – Grange School.

“Our organization is a digital incubation hub keen on providing education technology solutions and changing the educational landscape in Nigeria by building a strong innovation hub community through innovative learning for kids and teens , preparing them for the innovation economy and the future of work.

“This February 2022, our organization will be holding what is called the Poly Fest to celebrate our students who have done outstandingly and emerged winners in the ELON MUSK XPRIZE CARBON REMOVAL project and we will be inviting other students across Nigeria to be a part of the Polyfest. This event will be virtual and will hold in February 2022.

“We at Wificombat Academy are inviting students across Nigeria to partake in this life transformational event to celebrate with us and the winners of the 2021 Project as we continue our legacy of the past nine  years having trained over 12,000 children on coding and emerging technology.

“Moreover, there will be another opportunity for students across Nigeria to join the 2022 batch running from January- September, 2022 by signing up for the Nigeria challenge at the website to get access to a world of coding, AI, Robotics, 3D modelling and entrepreneurship using maths.