By Afiong Ndem
In a bid to assist government in the upgrade of Teachers in the State on ICT and the 21st century teaching methods and the provision of educational aids to (5) selected schools in the State, Oil and Gas Nigeria Limited and partners in collaboration with the Ministry of Education, Cross River State organized a 5 Day Training Workshop for Teachers on ICT. The training which aims at equipping teaches in Nigeria on the current educational teaching practices in line with the Universal Basic Education Board (U.B.E) guidelines that will assist them in providing high quality and efficient educational services in order to meet the global target of our country’s educational objectives took place at the West African People’s Institute (WAPI), Calabar.
Declaring the training open, the Permanent Secretary, Ministry of Education, Mrs. Aniedi Bassey Ekpenyoung who was at the event in dual capacity representing the Governor, Prof. Ben Ayade and the chief host of the training welcomed Oil and Gas Nigeria Limited and partners to the State. Mrs. Ekpenyoung thanked them on behalf of the government of Cross River State for their show of concern; positing that, government alone cannot shoulder the responsibility of providing quality education to its citizens hence the support extended to the state by oil and gas and partners to raise the standard of education to another level in the State while believing that this training will remove Cross River State from the list of educationally backward State and prayed that they have a rewarding stay in the State.
Speaking, on behalf of Oil and Gas Nigerian limited and other stakeholders –Star Ultra Deepwater Petroleum Limited and Lukoil Overseas Nigeria Limited, the Chairman, Chief Reggie Uduhiri, represented by Mr. Uyo Mgbemene – Senior Community engagement representative for Chevron, said the company is committed to ensuring that Nigerians acquire the necessary education and skills for upliftment and better life. He listed the five benefitting schools to include: Etung Comprehensive Secondary School, Bendeghe Ekieim; Kagbong Secondary Commercial School, Ipong; Government Secondary School, Anantigha, Girls Secondary School, Obudu and Community Secondary School, Ugep.
Mr. Ugo maintained these donations reflects the beliefs of the company that education and skills acquisition are pivotal to the sustainable development of a country and that this Intervention has led to employment creation poverty reduction and livelihood improvement as well as development of rural based cottage industries, thus enhancing the development of the Local economy.
The Project Coordination Breezebell Limited, Ms. Jane Coker said the objective of the training particularly in Health Safety Environment (HSE) is for participants to be equipped to be able to intervene in unsafe or incompliant situations, application of basic first aid at home and school, recognize security threats and hazards, also learn to comply with HSE regulations; computer operations for beginners, mentorship, classroom management and organization, 21st century teaching and learning, strategies and ethics were part of the courses taken during the training.
Educational aids presented to the Ministry for distribution to the five selected schools includes: Gas Cookers, Refrigerators for Home Economics Departments, skeletal systems, slides microscopes, retort stands, Verna calpers, instructional charts, white marker boards, desktop computers etc.
Highpoints at the close of the training was the official handing over of educational aids to the Ministry, Cultural display by the participants and presentation of certificates of participation to the participants.
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