Ekiti SUBEB gets approval to train 4,000 teachers in modern teaching methodologies
The Ekiti State Universal Basic Education Board has secured approval for the training of 4,000 teachers in modern teaching methodologies.
It has also announced plans to establish mega schools in each of the 16 local government areas of the state.
SUBEB Chairman, Prof. Femi Akinwumi, made this known on Thursday in Ado Eliti.
Prof. Akinwunmi disclosed that the schools would be equipped with modern ICT tools, audio-visual facilities, and specialised laboratories to enhance learning.
He assured that the mega schools would be equipped with state-of-the-art Information Communication Technology equipment and ultra-modern audio-visual facilities to make the products of the schools globally competitive.
Prof. Akinwunmi said that each of the proposed mega schools would also have 12 classrooms and a capacity for at least 400 pupils.
He disclosed that Governor Biodun Oyebanji had approved the payment of over N3.5bn as counterpart funds for the 2024 UBEC/SUBEB Intervention funds as part of efforts to further improve the teaching and learning environment in schools as well as the capacity of teachers in the basic education sector.
Prof. Akinwunmi said the move would ensure massive government intervention in public schools in the state, which began in 2018 and continued without interruption in the state.
He added that the state government would release funds for continuous and regular maintenance of school infrastructure and as well ensure the basic education sector was digitised.
According to him, the digitisation of school materials is being implemented by the state government in partnership with some development partners at no cost to the Ekiti State Government as a form of trial run.
He added that SUBEB had secured approval for the training of 4,000 teachers in modern teaching methodologies in the ongoing academic season, noting that “the number reflects a big improvement over what was obtained last session, during which only 2,700 teachers were trained.”
According to him, following the establishment of the Graduate Teachers’ cadre in public primary schools in the state by the Oyebanji administration, 505 teachers who had university degrees during the 2023 recruitment exercise have been harmonised to Grade Level 08 from GL 07.
