Permanent Secretary of the Osun State Universal Basic Education Board, Alhaji Fatai Kolawole has said the board is in top gear to train 2,000 teachers in the state on modern teaching techniques.
Speaking in Osogbo on last Saturday, Kolawole stated that the paucity of funds in the state would not prevent the board from training and re-training its teachers, explaining that the state government, irrespective of its financial restraints, placed premium on qualitative education through competent teaching staff.
According to him, the more exposed teachers become in diverse fields, the better for pupils and students and the greater the hope for a better future.
He reiterated the resolve of the state government in redefining the tenets of education in all ramifications to prepare students for a better future and make them responsible to the nation.
Justifying the rationale behind the training to impact qualitative education in students and pupils in the state through well trained and competent teachers, Kolawole said the state would be exposing more than 2,000 teachers to modern teaching techniques which include money management and information communication technology.
“We are making efforts to prepare our students for the future in the advanced global environment; to contribute their quota to the development of our state and nation at large.”
Kolawole maintained that the development of infrastructure in all schools across the state was to aid the process of learning and concluded that more than N6 billion had so far been expended on the construction of schools.