By Muhammad Ibrahim,Sokoto
Executive Chairman of the State Universal Basic Education Board Alhaji Altine Shehu Kajiji made the pledge today while declaring open a three days Training of Coaches, Mentors and School Support Officers of the 8 LGEAs enjoying BESDA Early Grade Reading Program (EGR).
Alhaji Altine Shehu said this is imperative in view of the importance of digitization of teachers supervision and monitoring for effective performance.
He opined that time has ripe to embrace digital system toward Improving,Supervision and Monitoring of both teachers and pupils attendence and performance in our basic schools for a better result.
According to him very soon the board will distributed teaching and learning tools to all the 23 LGEAs in the state.
Speaking,an official from the Universal Basic Education Commission (UBEC) Adam Adedeji said UBEC decided to provide 150 tablets for the training of Schools Support Officers as well as Coaches and Mentors for effective assessment of teachers employed by Besda.
Adedeji said a software is installed on the tablets which will ensure effective assessment and monitoring of teachers while teaching their pupils.
He described sokoto subeb as best in the implementation of besda project and urged it to sustain the feat so far recorded by the project.
Earlier in a welcome address,the Director Quality Assurance Dr. Adamu Abdullahi Mogonho commended UBEC for providing 150 tablets for distribution to Coaches, Mentors and Schools Support Officers of the 8 LGEAs enjoying besda Intensive Literacy program.
The LGEAS according to him included Bodinga, Binji, Silame, Kware, Sokoto North, Tureta, Goronyo and Illela.
Mogonho described the effort of UBEC in that regard as counter productive as the tablets were in addition to similar ones provided to Head Teachers for the taking of attendance of both pupils and besda volunteer teachers in their respective Schools.
The occasion was witnessed by the PM two and three of the board Alhaji Muhammad Dan’Ango Wurno and Hajiya Fati Ilo, Permanent Secretary Ahmed Rufa’i Ibrahim as well as Directors of Administration Mubarak A Waziri and Planning Umar Muhammad Yabo.
