BY CLETUS NGWODO
THE Delta State Governor, Rt. Hon. Sheriff Oborevwori said that teachers and educators in the state are being equipped with modern teaching skills, digital literacy and collaborative methods.
Speaking at this year’s World Teachers Day at Cenotaph, Asaba, yesterday, the Governor, who was represented by the state Commissioner for Primary Education, Dr Kingsley Ashibuogwu, said the occasion was a time to honour men and women who stood daily in the frontline of knowledge, and also a moment to reflect on the challenges and opportunities that shaped education in the state and across the globe
”The theme of this year celebration: “Recasting Teaching As A Collaborative Profession is both timely and compelling”. For too long teaching has been seen as an individual effort, one teacher, one class, one lesson plan. But in today’s interconnectivity world, the strength of education lies in team work, peer learning, mentorship and collaboration across various disciplines and institutions”.
Governor Oborevwori, who noted that since inception of his administration education had remained a strong pillar of his MORE Agenda, highlighted achievements recorded in the past two years to include uninterrupted payment of salaries and allowances to teachers, ensuring that dignity of labour was matched with fair reward as well as training and retraining.
He called on parents and community leaders to see teachers as partners and not just service providers, saying that education is not only the duty of government or teachers alone but a shared responsibility.
Earlier the Chairman, Nigeria Union of Teachers (NUT), Delta State Wing, Comrade Porbeni Dickson had commended the state Governor, Rt. Hon. Sheriff Oborevwori for creating an enabling environment for the successful hosting of the just-concluded quadrennial conference that ushered the new crop of leadership of the union
The NUT Chairman, however, decried the continued stagnation of graduate teachers in the primary education system at grade level 14, non-appointment of eligible primary school teachers as Head Master General (Permanent Secretary equivalent) and complete omission of NUT in the Governing Council of state-owned education institutions, as well as inadequate subvention to school heads, among others.
