Kwara state Universal Basic Education Board (KWSUBEB) has trained about 100 digital literacy instructors and security personnel that would be in charge of digital literacy centres in the 16 local governments in the state.
The 3-day workshop was themed ‘Train the trainers workshop on the implementation of digital literacy to support teaching/learning and capacity building for digital literacy centers (DLC) security personnel’.
‘Thirty-nine digital literacy centres have been constructed across the state as part of ongoing UBEC/SUBEB intervention projects.
Over 600 schools are currently undergoing construction, remodeling, comprehensive renovation among others aimed at improving infrastructural development in the public schools as well as encouraging enrollment’, KWSUBEB said in a statement made available to Team@orientactualmags.com on Friday.
The statement quoted the Executive Chairman of KWSUBEB, Prof Shehu Raheem Adaramaja to have said that the Governor AbdulRahman AbdulRazaq administration conceived the idea of digital literacy classes to bring about blended learning through online teaching and introduction of technology into teaching and learning.
He submitted that developed countries which are known as the super powers in the world, developed their countries through technology, emphasizing the need for Nigerian government to think outside the box by developing the country through technology.
‘The idea of bringing blended learning through digital literacy classes came into being to meet the present global technological challenges through online teaching and learning. The method of teaching before now was the offline method. So, the essence of the centers is to think outside the box to meet the present global technology advancement.
The world over today, they are talking about technology. There is what is called artificial intelligence when they use technological device to do what human being can do effectively and efficiently. That is where the world is going, thank God our Governor is thinking aright, he is thinking outside the box’ Adaramaja said.
He added that the programme was the first phase of technological drive, while the second phase of the training would accommodate more schools at the LGEAs.
The SUBEB boss appreciated Governor AbdulRahman AbdulRazaq for giving SUBEB management and staff an enabling environment to carry out their responsibilities and for repositioning education sector through regular training and retraining of teachers, introduction of E-learning system to schools through the establishment of digital literacy centres, Kwara Learn innovative technology and school feeding programme among others.
While urging the digital literacy educators to make good use of the training to improve teaching and learning, he advised the security guards to face the job of protecting the facilities squarely and not to wander about while on duty warning that they would be held responsible for any negligence of duty.
National Coordinator of AKADA Resource Center, Mr Oriyomi Olukunbi, appreciated the Governor for his vision which had led to the introduction of digital literacy classes.
He said the participants had undergone a series of training that would enable them perform effectively and efficiently in the task ahead.
He assured that the facilitators would make themselves available to support the digital literacy educators whenever the need arises- Team@orientactualmags.com Do you have any information you wish to share with us? Do you want us to cover your event or programme? Kindly send SMS to 08059100286, 09094171980. Thank you
