NEDC commence training of 300 primary/junior secondary school teachers in Borno
Ibrahim Umar
Kanempress
23rd January 2023
The North East Development Commission (NEDC) in partnership with Limo Holdings Nigeria Limited is to train 300 teachers in Borno state.
The two-week capacity training workshop is for teachers in the various primary and junior secondary schools in the state.
Declaring the training sessions open on Monday in Maiduguri, the NEDC’s Managing Director, Mohammed Alkali, represented by Sa’adatu Ahmed Shehu disclosed that; “The Education Endowment Fund (EEF) was to address the poor human development indices and the rising rates of illiteracy and poverty in the Northeast.
According to her, the 2018 United Nations Development Programme (UNDP) Human Development Report also indicated that the region lags behind in both capital and human resources.
According to her, the teacher trainees comprise 135 classroom teachers, 15 administrators from both the primary and secondary schools in the region.
On the methodologies of teaching, Lawan Bukar of Limo Holdings said that they are six modules comprising language, science, mathematics, classroom management and technology solutions.
It is expected that at the end of the workshop, teachers, and the head teacher will be able to explain,
select and use the appropriate pedagogies for teaching the four Skills of English as second
language to their learners adequately explain the importance of grammar in Language teaching and facilitate language
acquisition in their learners effectively.
The teachers will also be able to demonstrate the knowledge grasp of the pedagogies for teaching the four basic language
skills and poetry appreciation and explain what and describe what subject integration in language learning is.
More so, to explain what science and science technology is appropriate, make the learning of Mathematics meaningful to learners,
assessing learners, use the new trends in teaching Mathematics for effective teaching-learning and for.
Speaking at the venue, the representative of the Governor,Tijjani Lawan who was the special advicer on Education urged the participants to be attentive during the two-week capacity building of teachers.
He said that their capacity building to teach in various schools, could also secure the future of both pupils and students in the state.
