The Kaduna State Government says it is re-positioning the teaching service to improve the quality of teaching and learning in public primary and secondary schools in the State. The state’s Commissioner for Education, Dr. Shehu Makarfi, made this known in Kaduna when he visited teachers undergoing training on “Classroom All-inclusive Teacher Empowerment Solution, CATES.’’ Reports say CATES is a digital training programme under the World Bank-supported Global Partnership for Education, GPE, designed to improve the delivery of teaching in primary schools. Makarfi said the State was determined to transform its teaching service from analog to digital, in order to provide quality education in the State. He said plans had been concluded to train all public primary and secondary school teachers in the State on the adoption and utilisation of Information and Communication Technology, ICT, in teaching. He said Government had entered into partnership with some training institutions to conduct this training, which would be concluded in the next five years.
The Kaduna State Government says it is re-positioning the teaching service to improve the quality of teaching and learning in public primary and secondary schools in the State. The state’s Commissioner for Education, Dr. Shehu Makarfi, made this known in Kaduna when he visited teachers undergoing training on “Classroom All-inclusive Teacher Empowerment Solution, CATES.’’ Reports say CATES is a digital training programme under the World Bank-supported Global Partnership for Education, GPE, designed to improve the delivery of teaching in primary schools. Makarfi said the State was determined to transform its teaching service from analog to digital, in order to provide quality education in the State. He said plans had been concluded to train all public primary and secondary school teachers in the State on the adoption and utilisation of Information and Communication Technology, ICT, in teaching. He said Government had entered into partnership with some training institutions to conduct this training, which would be concluded in the next five years.

The Federal Government says no fewer than 10,000 teachers and educators have been trained in preparation for the take-off of 37 smart schools built across the country.

The Minister of Education, Tahir Mamman, said this in Abuja, at  the inauguration of the Universal Basic Education Commission UBEC’ Digital Resource Centre DRC.

The federal government established 37 smart schools in different parts of the country to boost Information Communication Technology ICT.

Inaugurating the UBEC resource centre, Mamman said it was designed to enhance the provision of smart teaching and learning and support implementation of smart education in Nigeria.

According to him, 10,000 teachers and educators have received various forms of training at the centre, in preparation for full take off of the 37 smart schools.

The Minister assured that everything would be done to ensure the timely upgrading of the centre to ensure quality delivery.

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