Leading EdTech App, uLesson was a major part of the three-day cricket camp that held simultaneously at the Tafawa Balewa Cricket Oval in Lagos, and the Moshood Abiola ‘Package B’ Cricket Oval in Abuja last week, with Nigeria’s premium cricket blog, The Middle Stump as the facilitators.
With the backing of the Nigeria Cricket Federation, the camps taught kids on the three key skills of the game; batting, bowling and fielding, alongside other life skills.
Vice President, Distribution and Marketing at uLessson, Tayo Sowole said: “we see strong correlation between physical activity and the mental readiness of kids to learn. Investing in sports and education fits perfectly into our purpose. Physical well-being is a foundational part of knowledge building.”
“The number of children we had and the excitement shown by the kids at the different centres speak volume to openness of the kids to new learning, especially ones that grows their psychomotor skills. This to us is very crucial, hence our resolve to back the initiative.” he added.
According to  the Middle Stump’s coordinator Olumide Akintokun, Cricket in Nigeria and the recent upward trajectory that the immediate past executive committee of the Nigeria Cricket Federation, had helped the sport gain, leave stakeholders with no choice than to band together with them to promote it further.
“This Summer Camp is our expression of support for the gain, the game has made in the last few years, and of course, we hope it will continue to make. We enjoin more groups to line up and give back to the game and the society at large. This is especially as the game has the capacity for enormously influencing kids with positive societal values; one which we are in dire need of now,” he noted.