Manpower training: 400 teachers benefit from Kebbi government

The Kebbi state government, has commenced training of 400 teachers in the field of arts and social sciences in order to improve their capacity in these times of technology.Having, on Monday, declared the training open in Birnin Kebbi, Governor Atiku Bagudu said the training was part of the government’s commitment to the transformation of the education sector.“When I assumed office, I had embarked on schools inspection, what I saw represented the effect of underinvestment in the education sector.“What we are doing today is an attempt to do better; and we will continue to do so as we continue to commit more resources in the education sector,” he said.The governor said his administration would not relent in the efforts of initiating strategies that would transform the quality of education and produce sound school leavers.Bagudu explained that the recent verification of teachers in the state was meant to ascertain the level of their current ability as professional teachers.Earlier, the Commissioner for Education, Alhaji Magawata Aliero, said the education ministry would ensure the transformation of the sector.“This is not our first time of training teachers, we have so far trained 700 teachers: 200 on computers and 500 on core science subjects,” he said.