The Universal Basic Education Commission, UBEC, has flagged off the training of 1,480 teachers selected from rural and hard-to-reach schools in the 36 states and FCT. Executive Secretary of UBEC, Dr Hamid Bobboyi who flagged off the exercise said it is part of efforts to tackle the growing learning crisis in the country, Represented by the Deputy Executive Secretary, Technical, Prof. Bala Zakari, the UBEC boss said the commission initiated the capacity building programme on multigrade/mixed classroom pedagogies for teachers in the rural and hard-to-reach schools to equip them with skills for effective teaching and managing of learners at different levels or grade in class. Earlier, the Director of Teacher Development at UBEC, Mayowa Aleshin, said the training underscored the fact that government was addressing different challenges militating against effective teaching and learning in any location in the country. On her part, the Director Basic Education at the Ministry of Education, Mrs Folake Olatunji-David, represented by Mr Adedekun Israel,added that the training was designed to equip teachers with the tools and techniques they need to thrive in a demanding environment. The training which focuses on the multigrade and mixed ability approaches to teaching will have 40 participating teachers enlisted per state. End.
