Editor: Scholastica Ugwuoke
Enugu State Governor Dr Peter Mbah has assured that training and restraining of the state teachers remains part of his administration’s commitment to transforming the education sector and promoting quality teaching and learning in the state.
The governor gave the assurance during the orientation and induction ceremony for 2,299 newly employed teachers of the State Universal Basic Education Board, ENSUBEB, for the Enugu Smart Green Schools.
He said the government has also prioritised the welfare, entitlements and remuneration of teachers.
The governor who was represented by the commissioner for Labour and Productivity, Doctor Felix Nnamani, said the Smart Green School initiative was aimed at bridging the educational gab between the children of the rich and the poor families.
He explained that, the event was to empower the teachers, build confident, and also charged them to adhere to the ethics of the profession and also discharge their duties with diligence and commitment in order to have a dignified society for the young generation.
Also, the state commissioner for education, represented by the ministry’s Permanent Secretary, Mrs Stella Ogbodo pointed out that the Enugu Smart Green Schools, learners do not merely receive information, but inquire, investigate, build, test, reflect, collaborate and solve problems, stating that their classroom must connect knowledge to life, the curriculum to the community, and learning to action.
He charged them to use the Enugu Education Management System for attendance, learner records, reporting, communication and performance monitoring, and also continue their professional development through the Digitalized Experiential Learning Institute and the UNESCO Digital Literacy Portal.
Earlier, the ENSUBEB Chairman, professor Banko Okibe described the Smart Green School as a vision that manifests in redefining the four walls of the basic education in Enugu State and creating an integrated school environment where dreams are transformed into reality.
He mentioned some of the attitudes to avoid as a Smart Green School teacher to include truancy, lateness to work, indecent dressing, extortion and corruption, forgery and manipulation of results, redundancy with consequent idle gossips, cash-and-carry mode of service delivery, impersonation of staff, sex for mark and sexual harassment of either a student or a colleague staff, among others.
According to the chairman, the 2,299 newly employed teachers were the first batch of teachers to be recruited for the Smart Green Schools in the state.
