Ado-Ekiti —
No fewer than 4,000 public school teachers across Ekiti State concluded a
training programme tagged, Teachers Professional Development Programme (TPDP)
organized by the State Universal Basic Education (SUBEB) yesterday with a call
on participants to embrace new initiatives that would boost their intellectual
capacity.
Speaking
at the closing ceremony of the programme, chairman of SUBEB, Prof. Modupe
Adelabu, said the capacity training programme is geared towards improving the
basic skills and techniques of teachers.
"Teachers
like other professionals all over the world are expected to be exposed to
modern trend and techniques in teaching and learning in order to update their
knowledge," she said.
The SUBEB
boss said 60 schools drawn from eight local government areas were taken as
samples and teachers from the schools were observed during the training.
"Recent
socio-political and economic changes across the world and within nations have
brought about changes in educational goals. So, the new approach is pupils or
leaner-centred, where the learners cannot be treated as empty vessels, but will
be made to receive skills, knowledge and attitudes through guidance,
encouragement and motivation," she said.
She added
that SUBEB hired the services of credible institutions as facilitators for
better training of the participants. She urged the teachers to use the skills
and experience acquired during the training to transform the lives of the
students.
Daily Trust
Nigeria