Edo To Provide ICT In Primary Schools

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The Edo Government is to
introduce Information Communication Technology ( ICT) in public primary schools in the state as part of efforts to change the face of primary education, an official said in Benin City recently.
The Chairman, Edo Universal Basic Education Board, Chief Stephen Alao, told newsmen that the initiative was aimed at exposing pupils in their formative years to the world best practices in basic education.
He noted that primary education was the foundation of the education of children and should, therefore, be qualitative for them to have smooth progress in their educational career.
Alao said the present administration in the state was very passionate about sound basic education.
The chairman appealed to the people to be patient with the government, saying it cannot provide all their needs at a time.
“There is no reason why all public primary schools in the state will not have ICT since government is determined to give qualitative education to the people,” he said.
Alao said that the state government was also improving the quality of teachers in the state by training and re-training them.
He added:‘’If we have well-modelled schools without well tutored students, of course, we are not going anywhere.”
He said that the board was worried about rejection of postings to the rural areas
by some teachers, adding that the “anomaly” will soon be corrected.
The SUBEB boss said schools with too many teachers would be decongested as surplus teachers would posted to other schools.
The issue had been a major challenge to the board and posting will not be done to favour any particular local government area, he promised.