February 17, (THEWILL) – The Teachers Registration Council of Nigeria (TRCN), with the support of the United Nations Children Education Fund (UNICEF), is to embark on digital literacy training and remote learning of 45,000 teachers across 24 states across the country.
The Registrar/Chief Executive of TRCN, Prof. Josiah Ajiboye, who disclosed this during a media briefing on Thursday in Abuja, said the training was for teachers in public schools.
“There are no qualified teachers in private schools, teachers in private schools are not teachers. They did not register with us”, he said.
Among the 45,000 teachers to be trained, 30,000 from 16 states will be selected in the first batch.
The 16 focal states are Benue, Bauchi, Ebonyi, Enugu, Gombe, Jigawa, Kaduna, Kebbi, Katsina, Plateau, Taraba and Zamfara and four others.
Ajiboye stated that at the completion of the circle of 16 focal states, the Minister of Education, Mallam Adamu Adamu had graciously extended to 8 more states of Bayelsa, Delta, Edo, Ekiti, Lagos, Osun, Oyo and Rivers.
The overall objectives of the training according to TRCN Boss, include the bridging of gap created by the outbreak of the pandemic that severely affected the education system of the country.
It is also to provide capacity development opportunities to teachers and school leaders in deployment of technology in classrooms, distance learning methods using both online and offline to continue learning.
Again, it is to train teachers and school leaders in emergency preparedness and response to provide safe school practice including COVID-19 and build resilience in learners against future shocks.
