THE Executive Secretary of the Universal Basic Education Commission (UBEC), Dr. Hamid Bobboyi, has underlined attitudinal change amongst teachers and administrators as one of the key factors that would bring about the required quality in the Nigerian education system.
DR Bobboyi made the change in Kano at the flag-off of an intensive training for teachers of smart schools organized by UBEC in collaboration with the National Teachers Institute (NTI).
He stated that attitudinal change was especially necessary in smart schools across the country where the Federal Government had invested heavily to ensure that modern educational technologies, which are widely used around the world, are accessible to learners in Nigeria at the basic education level so as to bring Nigerian learners in line with their international counterparts.
In the same vein, the Director General of the NTI, Prof. Musa Garba Maitafsir, emphasized the importance of training teachers on attitudinal change and expressed confidence in the institution’s ability to train teachers across the country.
Prof. Maitafsir further assured the Executive Secretary of UBEC of NTI’s readiness to train additional teachers.
On his part, the national coordiantor of the UBEC Digital Resource Centre, Prof Bashir Galadanci while delivering welcome address at the flag-off event, he outlined the goals of the smart schools initiative and stressed the need for attitudinal change on the part of all administrators and teachers in order to ensure the success of the initiative.
He emphasized the efforts and commitment demonstrated by the Commission under the leadership of Dr. Hamid Bobboyi, to establish these schools, which aim to advance the overall development of the education sector.
At the end of the exercise, 195 teachers from all the smart schools across the country were trained. The training locations included Kano, Lafia, Ibadan and Yola.
