Edo shortlists 300 teachers for ICT training

By Osaigbovo Iguobaro Benin

Edo state government has shortlisted 300 primary school teachers in public schools across the 18 Local Government Areas of the state for Information Communication Technology (ICT)-based learning programme.
The volunteers are expected to pilot its Edo Best programme, an initiative designed to introduce and entrench the use of computers, tablets and other ICT-based gadgets.
The programme was conceived to transform primary education in the state.
Teachers and head teachers will each receive a computer tablet loaded with lesson notes from the state government upon the completion of the training.
Special Adviser to Governor Godwin Obaseki on Basic Education and Acting Chairperson, Edo State Universal Basic Education Board (SUBEB), Dr. Joan Oviawe, made the disclosure yesterday in Benin City.
Oviawe, urged teachers in public primary schools to tap from the opportunity to upgrade their skills and become versed in updated approach for impacting knowledge.
She said the programme is expected to lead to better learning outcomes and a more robust, up-to-date approach to classroom management in public schools.
The Special Adviser explained that teachers are requested to forward their Names, positions (HM or Teacher), salary grade level, academic qualifications, the LGAs where they currently teach and their present school to Edo SUBEB.
She, however, allayed fears that the programme is intended to test teachers.
According to Dr. Oviawe, “In the pilot phase, 300 schools will be selected to launch the initiative and the headmasters/headmistresses and teachers who would head or teach in these schools have to be trained in the use of computers and other gadgets to teach in the classroom.
“By the next academic year, all headmasters/headmistresses and teachers in the state will be required to go through this training”.