The Executive Secretary of the Universal Basic Education Commission (UBEC), Dr. Hamid Bobboyi, Monday, 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 charge in Kano, Monday, during he flag-off of an intensive training for teachers of smart schools organised 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, Professor Musa Garba Maitafsir, stated the importance of training teachers on attitudinal change and expressed confidence in the institution’s ability to train teachers across the country.
Professor Maitafsir further assured the executive secretary of UBEC of NTI’s readiness to train additional teachers.
On his part, the national coordinator of the UBEC Digital Resource Centre, Professor Bashir Galadanci, while delivering welcome address at the flag-off event, outlined the goals of the smart schools initiative and stated the need for attitudinal change on the part of all administrators and teachers in order to ensure the success of the initiative.
He emphasised the efforts and commitment in establishing the schools, which aims to advance the overall development of the education sector as demonstrated by the commission under the leadership of Dr. Hamid Bobboyi.
The training locations included Kano, Lafia, Ibadan and Yola.