By SHARON IVOVI
In a bid to improve professionalism and enhance the capacity of educational managers in the Delta State Basic Educational Sector towards the effective implementation of Teacher Professional Development (TPD) Programmes, not fewer than fifty four Educational Managers in the state have been trained by the Universal Basic Education Commission (UBEC) in collaboration with the State Universal Basic Education Board (SUBEB).
Declaring the four day training workshop opened with the theme “The Role of Educational Managers in the Implementation of Teacher Professional Development (TPD) Programmes”, the Executive Chairman Delta State Universal Basic Education Board (SUBEB), Hon. Sunny Ogwu says the training was designed to give participants awareness, improve their capacity and provide critical guidance to schools as part of efforts to improve teaching and learning in the state.
The Executive Chairman while highlighting the significance of the training, enjoined participants mostly Education Secretaries from across the State and Heads of Department (HOD) Teacher Development to take advantage of the workshop which he said was aimed at entrenching professionalism and enhancing their capacity.
Ogwu, who emphasized that Education managers were responsible for planning, organizing and overseeing the educational approaches and strategies in schools or training centres, charged them to have a closer synergy with other players in the basic education sector.
“As Education Managers, your duties include managing curriculum development and staff implementation of the curriculum. In this vein, you work closely with the teaching staff, school heads , Directors and Board members. This job requires administrative skills as well as excellent communication abilities and experience of the day to day educational needs.” Ogwu said.
Speaking further, the SUBEB boss stressed the need for training and re-training of education managers, regular school visitation, as well as carrying out structured classroom lesson observations.
Earlier, Director Teacher Development, SUBEB, Mrs. Juliet Eze-Fili in her welcome remarks harped on the importance of the training and urged participants to reciprocate government investment in building their capacity by putting into practice the knowledge and skills acquired from the training.
She commended a member of the Board, Mr. Paul Kurugbe who accompanied the Chairman to the opening ceremony, the State Coordinator of UBEC, Mrs. Sharon Edafilu and Ayo Von, a facilitator from Federal College of Education (Technical) Asaba for their support.