Education
UNITAR Lauds RSG’s Achievements In Education
The United Nations
Institute for Training and Research (UNITAR) has commended Rivers State Government (RSG) for its numerous achievements in the education sector.
UNITAR’s programme manager in Nigeria, Dr Minimah Edmundson, stated this last week during a courtesy visit to the State Commissioner for Education, Dame Alice Lawrence-Nemi in her office in Port Harcourt.
Dr Edmundson said the rebuilding and upgrading of the infrastructure in schools and introduction of ICT are all steps in the right direction.
He noted that the elaborate training and upgrading of the teachers in the preparation and delivery of lessons in line with approved curricula at the different levels has been yielding positive results.
The UNITAR’s programme manager recommended the introduction of monitoring and evaluation for efficient education system (EES).
According to him, EES is a computer-based system that uses current information technology to provide modern solutions that would be needed to establish educational infrastructure that will empower teachers to work efficiently and effectively.
The mode of its operations include Biometric Clock-in devices which eliminates ghost teachers, falsification of signing attended on note books, signing attendance by Proxy, artificial truancy, and cover-ups by the administrative heads,” he said.
Edmundson noted that the system will create an online lesson prep for teachers, explaining that the lesson prep is a centralised school-wide application that provides teachers and administrators capacity to post and review lesson notes online.
“Teachers through this medium can view their personal devices”, he said.
He added that teachers are better prepared through lesson feedback that can be easily posted and viewed in advance of executing their lessons.
While responding, the Commissioner for Education, Dame Lawrence-Nemi, said the state government under the leadership of Rt Hon. Chibuike Rotimi Amaechi has invested so much in the education sector and infrastructural development in the state.
She hinted that the state is now working on sustaining the already built infrastructure in the state by presenting the ministry’s three year education sector plan, while also assuring that the state would partner with UNITAR in ensuring adequate monitoring and evaluation for efficient education system in the state.
The commissioner, however, stated that the teachers in the state are very committed and dedicated to their duties, noting that “our teachers now wait for pupils and students to come to class.
The River State Commissioner for Education, Dr Peters Nwagor has called on media practitioners in Rivers State to deploy their various communication platforms toward promoting government programmes and policies aimed at achieving sustainable development in the education sector. Dr. Nwagor made the appeal when members of the Etche Ethnic Practicing Journalists (EEPJ) paid him a courtesy visit in Office in Port Harcourt. The Commissioner emphasized the strategic role of the media in shaping public perception, promoting government initiatives, and supporting policies capable of improving the quality of education and human capital development in the state. According to him, constructive media engagement remains essential in creating public awareness on educational reforms, students’ welfare, infrastructural improvements, and other interventions being implemented by the state government. Speaking on the recent appro
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