HUMAN RESOURCE DEVELOPMENT FOR GLOBAL COMPETITIVENESS

1. HUMAN RESOURCE DEVELOPMENT FOR GLOBAL COMPETITIVENESS

2. CONTRIBUTING TO DEVELOPMENT: OUR APPROACH • Informing • Self Reliant • Empowering • Involving $’m Empowerment. HCD, CH and Strategic Partnership 80 Micro-credit Women Programs added 70 60 Agric, YTS, Scholarships, Health 50 Comm. Foundations Community owned utility companies Community Operated Ventures 40 GMoU introduced 30 20 10 0 ‘05 87 88 ‘06 ‘04 ‘11 ‘09 ‘08 ‘13 ‘17 86 89 90 91 92 93 94 95 96 97 98 99 2000 ‘01 ‘02 ‘03 ‘10 ‘07 ‘12 ‘15 ‘20 • Community Assistance • Community • Development • Sustainable Community Development • Business Del. Framework Focus areas 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 • 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

3. realITY OF NIGERIAN education sector “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) Technical & Vocational Education Poor Teacher/Pupil Ratio Deficit in Infrastructure R

4. OUR vision FOR education SECTOR • 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. .

5. Benchmarks for SPDC EDUCATION strategy

6. SPDC EDUCATION PORTFOLIO strategy Strategic Objectives “To generate the intellectual and creative energy required for sustained economic performance and global competitiveness of Nigeria • 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

7. BUILDING SCHOLARS Covers First Degree Graduates & Post Graduates Covers SSS-1 to SSS-3 including the First 2 years of University Education Primarily capacity building oriented This stage starts from JSS 3 to SSS 3 Rests on the performance of awardees in National Examinations Criteria for entry point screening: Candidate must be a Nigerian Must not be above 15 years Must be in JSS-1 as at time of application Becoming Change Agents Developing Talents Identifying Potentials Providing Opportunity

8. BUILDING SCHOLARS (CONTD) • Cradle to Career scholarship scheme • Secondary school scholarship scheme • University scholarship scheme • Niger Delta Postgraduate scholarships Some beneficiaries of Cradle to Career Scheme

9. PROMOTING DIGITAL TRANSFORMATION • Build and equip ICT centres for schools and universities e.g. Discovery Learning Alliance • Exposure Robotics League • Wi-Fi in Universities (UNIPORT, in progress) ICT centres Participants at Exposure Robotics League

10. DRIVING GROWTH AND DEVELOPMENT • 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 Campus Summer School Students and Shell Personnel

11. SHELL ECO-MARATHON CHALLENGE • 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

12. SHELL UNIVERSITY LIAISON • 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.

13. CONCLUSION • 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.