The Lagos State Ministry of Education recently organised a virtual training for public school teachers and stakeholders in the sector ahead of schools resumption on August 3, 2020.
The move was aimed at strengthening their capacity while also preparing them ahead of post-COVID-19 and integrating strategies to enhance teaching and learning.
Addressing the participants, the Commissioner for Education, Mrs Folasade Adefisayo, said the training was designed to develop teachers’ competencies, as well as inform them on best practices towards managing challenges posed on the education sector by COVID-19.
According to her, “this seminar will prepare the teachers ahead of resumption, updating them with trending facts to upscale their teaching skills towards managing the children for better performances in academics.”
She said the theme of the webinar, ‘Mitigating Strategies against Erosion in the Education Sector’, became imperative in view of the current global crisis and the need for stakeholders in the sector to stay safe, sane and healthy during this period.
Adefisayo acknowledged the state government’s efforts towards reducing the spread of the virus and seeking lasting solutions to the pandemic, adding that with students’ long stay at home and closure of schools for such a long period of time, students are likely to be faced with challenges ranging from hunger, sexual abuse, domestic violence, emotional, social and psychological vices. (ThisDay)