SANWO-OLU CHARGES TEACHERS TO EMBRACE CONTINUOUS TRAINING, PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT‎

Lagos State Governor, Mr. Babajide Sanwo-Olu, has urged teachers nationwide to embrace continuous training and professional development to be more effective in today’s evolving learning landscape.

The Governor also reaffirmed his administration’s commitment to massive investments in school infrastructure, vocational training, and technology-driven education, noting that the future of the nation depends on the quality of knowledge delivered in classrooms.

He spoke in Lagos on Monday during the 27th Quarterly meeting of UBEC Management with the Executive Chairmen of SUBEBS across the 36 states and the FCT, with the Theme: ‘Bridging the Gap between Planning and Performance Towards Achieving Quality Basic Education.’

Governor Sanwo-Olu, who was represented by his deputy, Dr. Obafemi Hamzat, recommited his administration’s stance for Project Zero initiative to reduce the number of out of School children and ensure free, equitable and innovative education system in the State.

The Governor, while responding to available data of over 20 million Out of School children across the country, challenged the Education Stakeholders to deliberate and reach a purposeful decision on how to reduce the number of out of school children across the country.

In her address, the Executive Secretary of UBEC, Aisha Garba, said the Commission’s efforts are in line with the Renewed Hope Agenda of President Bola Tinubu, particularly in ensuring effective policy delivery and improved learning outcomes nationwide.

She also made a passionate call for unity and collaboration, stressing that Nigeria’s education reform blueprint must move from paper to action by ensuring that underserved children; whether on the streets or in classrooms lacking resources, gain access to quality learning opportunities.

Speaking earlier, the Executive Chairman, Lagos SUBEB, Hakeem Shittu, disclosed that basic education under the Babajide Sanwo-Olu administration has witnessed giant strides with massive infrastructural renewal, construction and rehabilitation of Schools, digital learning initiative, prioritised teachers’ welfare and professional development.

Also speaking, the Dean and Chairman,  Forum of Chairmen in Nigeria, Shehu Adaramaja, who described the theme as apt, commended the transformative initiatives under the leadership of the Executive Secretary UBEC, Aisha Garba, to enhance basic education, including the establishment of BEEF to track basic education progress across the Country.

About The Author

Dele Fashomi

Dele Fashomi, seasoned journalist and communication teacher, is a holder of Master of Arts degree in Communication and Language Arts from the University of Ibadan in 1992/93.

Earlier, he had bagged a Bachelor degree from the same university in 1984, after which he proceeded to the Nigerian Institute of Journalism, Lagos, in 1990, for a postgraduate diploma in Journalism.

He had done many courses in communication, including the EU-BBC Editing Course in 2002.

Mr. Fashomi combines effectively the practice, research and teaching of communication. And to date, he has published two academic works in communication: Issues in Communication Technology and Policy (2010) and Economic and Social Issues in Advertising and PR (2013).

He had his first break in the Nigerian media in Concord Newspapers in 1990 and today, he has over two and half decades experience earned in several newspapers.

He has been part of many start-ups, such as The Republic (1987), The Comet (1999), The Anchor 2001 – 2002; Sun Newspapers (2003); Westerner newsmagazine (2005 – 2010) as Editor; National Life (2011) as Sunday Editor, and Newswatch Newspapers (2012- 2016) as Daily Editor.

Dele Fashomi is now the Publisher/Editor-in-Chief of Newstide247.com newspaper online, which he started in July 2015. He is also into biography writing, with many books in his trail, some of which he wrote alone and one he co- authored with his mentor, Mr Dare Babarinsa, entitled:  Olabiyi Durojaiye – DARE TO BE DiFFERENT. He also guided and collaborated with Pa Olatunji Odusanya in writing his autobiography – AGAINST ALL ODDS. There are many other books in the works under his pen.

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