BY LAJA THOMAS

The fifth Total School Support Seminar/Exhibition (TOSSE) 2013, might have come and gone, but how the exciting products and services which Nigerian and international exhibitors showcased to upgrade Nigeria’s educational institutions will remain fresh in the memories of the participants for a long time.

The two-day exhibition, organised by Edumark Education Branding Services in Nigeria, was held at the Ten Degrees Event Centre, Billings Way, Oregun, Lagos. It was a meeting of the education community with suppliers and manufacturers of innovative educational products and services. More than 90 local and foreign exhibitors participated in the programme.

In her welcome address, Head of the Edumark Education Branding Services, Mrs Yinka Ogunde, described TOSSE as an ideal platform to network and kick-start business deals, adding that the goal of TOSSE was to make Nigeria the hub of education in Africa.

“TOSSE holds every first week of June. We are driven by a deep desire to ensure that Nigeria develops an educational system that will ensure that our students become adults that can compete and hold their own anywhere in the world,” Ogunde said.

At one of the exhibition stands jointly manned by the authorised distributor of Sharp products in Nigeria, the Sfico Limited and the master distributor of the Sharp products, Altech International FZE, Dubai, a lot of people gathered to see  Sharp’s Multi-purpose Interactive LED Display said to be the future of education. The device, which provides superb image quality and easy operation, was designed with a unique ability to freeze a video and print a frame with comments.

Mr. Anand Kumar Padmanabhan, Senior Business Development Manager, Altech, Nigeria and a representative of Altech International FZE, Dubai; Mr. Kotaro Oku, Japanese Representative in Africa, Business Solution Division, Sharp Middle East and Africa Operation; Mr. ST.M Sundar, Technical Manager, Altech International FZE, Dubai and Mr. Morakinyo Obembe, Business Support Manager, Sfico Limited, were on ground to attend to the stakeholders.