The North East Development Commission (NEDC) has commenced a two-week training for 150 primary school teachers on the procedure of preparing pupils to write public and private examinations.
The commission also said it has concluded arrangements for the disbursement of scholarships for Undergraduate, Masters, and Ph.D. applicants.
Mrs. Sandra Dagala, the Assistant Manager of, the Education Endowment Fund (EEF) in the commission, disclosed this in Yola on Wednesday at the formal inauguration of the training.
She said the training would expose the teachers to the technicalities and the nitty gritty of answering examination questions.
She added that the commission would disburse scholarships to hundreds of postgraduate and undergraduate students of northeast extraction as part of the commission’s initiative towards the promotion of education.
According to her, the EEF was established to fast-track education interventions in the North East region.
Dagala said that the commission also designed sports competitions in football, athletics, table tennis, and lawn tennis to boost recreational activities.
“The initiative would promote societal bonds and self-esteem among the younger generation in the region,” she said.
She added that the commission would organize a sensitization campaign on the dangers of drug abuse to disable the minds of youths in the region.
According to her, the commission will soon provide classrooms, furniture, and learning materials across 112 LGAs in the region.
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The Programme Coordinator, Mr. Aminu Ciroma of the Modibbo Adamawa University, Yola, commended the commission and assured that the exercise would improve the capacity of teachers in the state.
He described the training as one of the solutions to addressing the problems affecting the education sector in the North East.
According to him, at the end of the training teachers will be better equipped to step down to pupils in their respective schools.
Mr. Michael Tarfa, NEDC’s Adamawa Coordinator, said training teachers was one of the pillars of the commission to ensure quality education in the region.
He called on the teachers to actively participate, use the opportunity to improve themselves, and make difference in their respective schools.
On his part, Mr. Ibrahim Isah, Social Mobilization Officer of ADSUBEB, appreciated the support from NEDC for the refresher course for the teachers aimed at achieving quality education in the state.
He said that the participants were drawn from 21 LGAs of the state for the training to help reduce massive failure of examinations by pupils and students.
Malam Auwal Sa’ad, a teacher, who spoke on behalf of the participants, appreciated the NEDC and Adamawa Government for the capacity building.
Sa’ad described the workshop as an excellent exerrcise that would bring positive changes in their respective schools.
