From Sidi Ibrahim Kaulahi, in Gusau
The Zamfara State Ministry of Education, Science and Technology has flagged off a 21-day training of 250 secondary school teachers selected from the fourteen local government areas of the state under Global Standard Teacher Transformation Programme (GSTTP).
The training was aimed at ensuring the implementation of the policies followed the declaration of State of Emergency earlier imposed by the State Governor Dauda Lawal on education sector with the aim of changing the narration in respect of poor delivery and teaching qualification for teachers and schools principals.
Speaking during the opening ceremony of the training in Gusau on Monday, the Commissioner for Education, Abdulmalik Abubakar Gajam, represented by the Permanent Secretary of the Ministry, Hajiya Maryam Shantali, said the teachers would be trained to meet the global standard in teaching.
According to her, the idea behind the training was to put back the sector on rail by ensuring total rehabilitation of the sector, facilitating the teacher development and the provision of learning environments under strategic commitments that would change the current position of the state’s education to the height level.
“Today, Zamfara is witnessing remarkable progress as we embarked upon comprehensive reforms which included strengthening our institutions, improving quality assurance mechanisms resulting in qualified teachers, upgrading schools’ infrastructures and implementing strategic education policies”, Shantali has informed.
The Permanent Secretary further urged the teachers to pay extra attention for the training to record great success, adding that, bright future of the generations in the state who would remain the hope of Zamfara State vouchsafe in your hands, saying, “You are the custodian of sound and better education for our children, you are urged to utilize this opportunity to learn more than what is expected for better tomorrow of the state”.
