NCDMB to raise teachers’ continuous development, trains 1,000 in Katsina

The Nigerian Content Development and Monitoring Board (NCDMB), said it has trained over 1000 science teachers in secondary schools across the country, as part of its Teachers Development Training Programme (TDTP), the Executive Secretary, Simbi Wabote, has said.

He spoke on at the closing ceremony of the 2nd phase of the training programme in Kastina State, under which 270 teachers were trained with the support of the State’s Ministry of Education.

Wabote, represented by the Director, Planning Research and Statistics, NCDMB, Patrick Obah, pledged that NCDMB would increase the pace of continuous development of teachers across Nigeria.

He explained that the Board’s sponsorship of the retraining is borne from its desire to create new models in the quest for academic knowledge, adding that training given to teachers would enable their students compete with counterparts elsewhere in the world, and position them in the knowledge of Science, Technology, Engineering and Mathematics (STEM).

He expressed the hope that the training of teachers would translate to better performances by their students in WAEC, NECO, JAMB and other national and international examinations, and lead to better technical skills and craftsmanship.
He also charged the teachers to ensure that Katsina State emerged as number one state in STEM education, and the students amongst the leaders in the quest for technological and industrial self-reliance.

On his part, the State Commissioner for Education, Dr. Badamasi Lawal, commended NCDMB for sponsoring the retraining of teachers in the state, noting that, “it is remarkable that an agency that is based in Bayelsa State will come all the way to train teachers in Katsina.”
   
He said students from the state recorded an improved performance in the last WAEC and NECO examinations, an indication that the NCDMB-sponsored teachers retraining programme, which began in 2018, was already recording positive impacts.