Anambra Ccommissioner expresses worry over teachers’ non ICT compliance

ONITSHA, Nigeria – Anambra State commissioner for Basic Education, Prof. Kate Omenugha has expressed worry over the poor knowledge of Information and Communication Technology  ICT   among teachers in the state.

Omenugha who spoke during a briefing to announce the Anambra state education basic and tertiary education  conference billed to hold on Saturday with the theme,  Facing the New Normal: Post Covid 19 Education in Anambra state  said the event was  designed to equip students and teachers ahead of the school resumption and beyond.

 According to her, the conference which is in partnership with integrated Development Konsult  learning centre was designed to stimulate innovation among teachers and boast education sector as over 4000 teachers are expected at the conference.

The commissioner said that most teachers in the state do not have android phone and  ICT knowledge because they do not see them as priority.

“Every teacher needs self development to move forward on the profession and ICT is the way to go now for teachers development” she said

She said that the state Ministry of education was bringing up the innovation to boast  teaching and learning in the state education and to upgrade teachers to the global best practices through technology .

Omenugha said that in line with  the next week school  resumption  in the state, they were working  to ensure that teachers  and stakeholders in the state education sector  brace up for effective and functional education .

According to the commissioner, the conference was aimed to address the challenges in the education sector  in the state at the post covid 19 pandemic and beyond  .

According to  her, the  state government was  worried about students  who do not have laptop and android phone to cope in the new online teaching  development in the sector .

” I  understand that majority of the teachers in the state do not have android phone and wondered how they could effectively cope in the present education delivery. They do not have the android phone not   because they don’t have the money but  due to they do not  see it  as a priority.

The conference would be  used to create the  consciousness and understanding  among teachers as  well making  them to appreciate the importance of android phone.

Any teacher who is not ICT compliance may not  be able to fit into the present education” she said .

The Managing Director of Integrated Development Konsult  IDK ,learning centre Mrs Chinwe Nweke said  that the purpose of the conference was to bring up every stakeholder in Anambra state to actively involve in the education   and chat new way forward for its development.  She said that with due time the state would give android tablets to all students in the state for effective learning .

Speaking during the event the state Commissioner for Tertiary education  Mrs Sally Mbanefo said that the state was making sure that education in the state was driven by technology .

According to her, technology is the way to go and  the Anambra state government wants  teachers in the state to become ICT  compliance to be able to educate students  for future.

She said the upcoming conference was to enable teachers in the state to be ICT compliance and to become competitive and effectively in global education arena.

“We will not allow COVID-19 to draw back the state education sector rather we expected it  to  stimulate transformation in  the sector” she said .