With the advancements in Artificial Intelligence (AI) many African Educators remain under-resourced, undertrained, and underserved in this global movement. As the world shifts towards tech-integrated learning, the digital divide continues to widen, leaving African Educators in a struggle to balance local knowledge and modern digital tools, with limited access to digital resources and uncertainty about their role in the future.
Passionate about the impact of education, Dr. Onyekachi Onwudike-Jumbo convened a Lagos training workshop for teachers to strengthening classroom delivery and improving teaching practices.
Through her Traindtrainer initiative, Dr. Onwudike-Jumbo, also an AI expert and passionate advocate led the workshop through a series of interactive sessions, emphasising local realities, hands-on practices, and basic digital readiness.
The session focused on how Nigerian teachers can improve classroom effectiveness using simple tools and creative methods. Participants explored techniques that require minimal resources, such as using bottle caps, stones, sticks, and flashcards, while learning how to build stronger classroom engagement and communication skills.
She also addressed broader issues within the education sector. A key topic was the need for shared responsibility in education, where school owners, teachers, parents, and the government all play a role in improving teaching quality as the burden of raising well-rounded students cannot rest on teachers alone.
“When it comes to education, it’s an ecosystem and many people advocate the responsibility to only the school owners or to teachers. It is a collective responsibility when it comes to education. So, for children, teachers are involved, parents are also involved, and the school owners are involved, even the government. The government is a key player in this field. They actually need to be invested in training educators. How can a profession that makes other professions not be trained? It’s an anomaly. It’s not possible. So that’s why we’re doing what we’re doing,” she said.
While leading a session on the importance of mindset and motivation for teachers, Dr. Onwudike-Jumbo encouraged participants to reconnect with the purpose of their work and approach challenges with clarity. She also focused on communication and emotional awareness in classroom settings, as well as the value of routines and goal setting for both teachers and students.
Technology was covered in a basic and accessible way, with sessions on using simple tools to support lesson delivery. Rather than focus on trends, the training discussed how teachers can apply everyday tools to manage time, explain content better, and encourage participation without needing advanced infrastructure.
For participants like Moses Mukoro, a school administrator, and Aila Kabiru Oluwatosin, a teacher from Athens College, Lagos, the workshop was both eye-opening and practical. Mukoro described the training as a knowledge-deepening experience that challenged what he thought he already knew, while Oluwatosin noted how the session helped her better understand her dual role as educator and parent.
