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Training
By Olayinka Olawale
Lagos, Oct. 10, 2016 (NAN) The Permanent Secretary, Lagos State Ministry of Education, Mr Adesina Odeyemi, says research has shown that students learn faster and better with instructional materials than when they are just told things in abstract.
Odeyemi said in a statement on Monday that the state government, in line with the research, was building the capacity of teachers in rural and riverine areas, to achieve better results.
He said the training would develop the teachers’ abilities to design, produce and use of instructional materials from available local materials, in order to achieve academic excellence among students in public schools.
According to him, the present administration has since inception embarked on training and retraining of teachers and will not relent in doing so.
“This initiative, therefore, is in line with government objectives because research has proven that students learn easier, faster and better with instructional materials than just being told things in abstract.
“This is what is termed learning from ‘known to unknown’,“ he said.
Odeyemi said the ministry would commence the nine-day training on Oct.11and it would hold in the Six Education Districts in the state.
The training, he said, was designed to build teachers’ capacities to identify and source local components to produce instructional materials that the students could easily identify with in the classroom.
“The ‘mobile workshop’ is a capacity building workshop for teachers on the design, production and utilisation of instructional materials using locally sourced materials for the purpose of improving the academic performance of the students”, he said.
Odeyemi urged the teachers to be dedicated and focussed during the training.
He said the workshop would commence at the education District III office on Oct. 11; while it would move to District IV, at the New Era Secondary School, Surulere on Oct.12 and District V on Oct.13, at Awori Ajeromi Hall.
Others are scheduled as follows; District VI, Oct. 18, at Ikeja Grammar School hall; District I, Oct. 19, at Egan Junior Grammar School, and District II, on Oct.20 at its conference hall.(NAN)
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Edited by Oluwole Sogunle