The Federal Government, in collaboration with UNESCO, the Government of Japan and the Pan African University (PAU), has inaugurated a master training workshop in Abuja to strengthen teachers’ professional development through mobile learning platforms.
Speaking at the opening ceremony, the Minister of State for Education, Prof. Suwaiba Ahmad, represented by the Director of Colleges of Education, Dr Uche Uba, said the initiative aligned with the Federal Government’s commitment to improving teachers’ skills through technology-driven training programmes. She urged participants to transfer acquired knowledge to colleagues and communities.
Also speaking, Ms Akiko Miyazawa, Attaché for Development Cooperation at the Embassy of Japan in Nigeria, while emphasizing Japan’s commitment to advancing human capital development across Africa, said the project would provide flexible, mobile-based professional development opportunities for teachers and school leaders, particularly women working in challenging and underserved environments.
Earlier, the Acting Officer-in-Charge of the Education Sector at UNESCO Abuja, Mr Adeyemi Oladeji, while highlighting the importance of teachers, said the initiative was designed to support teachers, especially those in underserved and hard-to-reach communities, through flexible, inclusive and technology-driven learning opportunities.
As part of the programme, organisers presented 40 tablets and two sets of edge-computing devices to selected teachers and school leaders to support digital learning and facilitate implementation of the training. The workshop, brought together teachers from the six geopolitical zones and will run for three days.
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