Bauchi SUBEB Chairman Decries Slow Progress Of North In Education

Executive president of the Bauchi State Universal Basic Education Board (BA-SUBEB), Alhaji Adamu Muhammad Duguri, has expressed interest implicit the dilatory advancement of acquisition improvement successful the Northern portion of Nigeria since independence.

He made the reflection yesterday during a three-day capacity-building store connected Technological Pedagogical Content Knowledge (TPACK), which was held astatine the Smart School successful Bauchi, organised by Bauchi SUBEB successful collaboration with the Universal Basic Education Commission (UBEC). The grooming targets officers from planning, probe and statistic departments, principals, and caput teachers crossed the state.

Duguri described it arsenic regrettable that galore Northern states, including Bauchi, are inactive engaged successful schoolhouse enrollment campaigns decades aft independence, stating that the concern calls for superior reflection and a renewed commitment.

The SUBEB president besides expressed dissatisfaction with the debased turnout of participants astatine the store but assured that the authorities authorities remains determined to tackle each challenges hindering the maturation of the acquisition sector.

He urged the participants to wage attraction passim the sessions successful bid to summation the indispensable skills and cognition to heighten teaching and learning successful their respective schools.

Earlier, the lawman manager of planning, probe and statistics, Mr Abdu Ishaku, explained that the store aims to fortify the nonrecreational capableness of 130 participants and amended the prime of basal acquisition successful Bauchi State.

He commended Governor Bala Abdulkadir Mohammed, the enforcement caput of UBEC, Dr. Aisha Garba, and the SUBEB president for their visionary enactment and continued enactment toward improving acquisition standards successful the state.

Ishaku besides appreciated the assets persons for honouring the invitation and for their readiness to stock their wealthiness of acquisition with the participants.

One of the assets persons and a lecturer from Witwatersrand, Johannesburg University, South Africa, Prof. Lawan Abdulhamid, emphasised the request for each schoolroom successful Bauchi State to beryllium technology-enabled successful bid to beforehand creativity, curiosity, and collaboration among students for amended learning outcomes.

Abdulhamid outlined the objectives of the grooming to see enabling participants to usage computers and integer tools effectively, integrating some integer and non-digital resources successful teaching, conducting integer assessments, and identifying arsenic good arsenic overcoming barriers to exertion usage successful schools.

He noted that the store aims to physique teachers’ assurance and competence successful utilizing technology, span the integer disagreement crossed schools, heighten schoolroom experiences done interactive learning tools, and fortify teachers arsenic integer educators and innovators.

“Technology cannot regenerate teachers, but it tin animate them to thatch much effectively,” helium noted.

The impermanent lecturer urged participants to stay attentive and dedicated passim the grooming to go technologically assured and competent educators.

Some participants, Gideon and Mairo Bello, told newsmen that they had learned a batch astir machine applications during the grooming and appealed to the authorities authorities to supply much computers to heighten integer literacy successful schools.