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: Received: 8 February 2021 / Approved: 10 February 2021 / Online: 10 February 2021 (12:44:24 CET)
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Fakayode, B.; Okegbe, S. Using a Mobile-Based Online Platform to Mentor Girls: Challenges and Benefits. Preprints2021, 2021020257. https://doi.org/10.20944/preprints202102.0257.v1
Fakayode, B.; Okegbe, S. Using a Mobile-Based Online Platform to Mentor Girls: Challenges and Benefits. Preprints 2021, 2021020257. https://doi.org/10.20944/preprints202102.0257.v1
Fakayode, B.; Okegbe, S. Using a Mobile-Based Online Platform to Mentor Girls: Challenges and Benefits. Preprints2021, 2021020257. https://doi.org/10.20944/preprints202102.0257.v1
APA Style
Fakayode, B., & Okegbe, S. (2021). Using a Mobile-Based Online Platform to Mentor Girls: Challenges and Benefits. Preprints. https://doi.org/10.20944/preprints202102.0257.v1
Chicago/Turabian Style
Fakayode, B. and Samantha Okegbe. 2021 "Using a Mobile-Based Online Platform to Mentor Girls: Challenges and Benefits" Preprints. https://doi.org/10.20944/preprints202102.0257.v1
Abstract
In some parts of Nigeria, many girls do not attend school, and among those sent to school, many still drop out early. This and other socio-cultural factors affect girls psychologically. There is no doubt that girls need consistent love and tutoring to guide them through the turbulent teen years and beyond. They need a mentor who acts as a friend and a role model. The Mobile-based Mentoring Platform seeks to leverage on mobile technology's affordances to focus on the needs of the girl-child, such as improvement in academic achievement, guidance in career choice, development of self-concept, and esteem. The girl-mentees comments revealed that using the platform provided them frequent access to mentors and access to learning opportunities. The challenges they faced include epileptic internet network, intrusions by parents, and others. Therefore, this paper examined the challenges and benefits of mentoring girls via a mentoring platform.
Keywords
Mobile-based mentoring; girl-child; mentoring; mobile technology
Subject
Computer Science and Mathematics, Computer Science
Copyright:
This is an open access article distributed under the Creative Commons Attribution License which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited.