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1,300 Nigerian mathematics, science teachers for training
NO fewer than 1,300 mathematics and science teachers in private secondary schools in Lagos and Rivers states and the Federal Capital Territory, Abuja will be trained on the 21st century requirements for those subjects.
The School Kits Limited, a distributor of CASIO calculators in Nigeria, and Casio Middle East, an electronics manufacturer, will be responsible for the training and have signed the memorandum of understanding to that effect in Lagos.
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Speaking at the event, the managing director/chief executive officer, School Kits Limited, Mrs. Temilola Adepetun, said the essence of the training was to enhance teachers’ skills in mathematics and other science subjects such as physics and chemistry, with a view to broadening students’ knowledge and understanding of the subjects and encouraging many more of them to take science and technology-related fields as careers.
According to her, Casio’s scientific calculator has become an indispensable tool for every student across the world and the School Kits Limited deemed it fit to contribute its own quota as part of its corporate social responsibility initiatives to the development of science subjects in the country.
‘‘As the world gets smaller and more complex, Casio Middle East has designed scientific calculators capable of solving any problem and, therefore, it is our hope that the training would add significant value to the development of mathematics and science education,” she explained.
She noted that the training would be extended to teachers in other states in the future.
In his remarks at the event, the vice president, Mathematics Association of Nigeria, Mr. Mamman Musa, said in a statement made available to newsmen that the partnership would greatly improve skills of teachers in science subjects and those of students in applying particularly mathematics in solving real-life challenges.
He promised that the beneficiaries would apply the knowledge to be gained during the training to their teaching and other roles.
Also speaking, the managing director of Casio Middle East, Mr. Koji Naka, said his company decided to buy into the training to promote technology in the field of mathematics and science in Nigeria by training teachers in line with the latest trends in the basic education system.
1,300 Nigerian mathematics, science teachers for training
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