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From Jude Dangwam, Jos
Community Outreach For Educational Change, Nigeria, has trained more than 145 teachers, facilitators and staff from eight implementing TLG Schools on Digital Tools for Teaching and Learning, bridging the digital literacy gaps at the grassroots level.
The Executive Director, Swanta Blessing Bonat, speaking with the Daily Sun at the end of the one-day ICT training in Kaduna, said the aim was to equip teachers with digital skills to integrate technology into lesson plans and classroom delivery.
She stressed that the project also sought to promote effective use of the internet for teaching and research, while ensuring digital safety and ethical online behaviour are adhered to.
She further disclosed that the pre-test of the training had revealed that 80 percent of rural teachers had no basic knowledge of ICT, highlighting the need for such training.
She noted that participants learned practical steps to safeguard their online presence, create strong passwords and identify fraudulent websites or messages.
One of the beneficiaries, Mr Daniel, a mathematics teacher, said: “I’ve been calculating my students’ grades manually for years. Now, I can use formulas to grade automatically, it will save me hours of work.”
A young teacher, Miss Faith, equally shared her journey, stressing that she often struggled to find suitable teaching materials online; a relief she said the session on online research brought to her. She said the training enables her to identify credible sources and compile digital worksheets for her class.
“This will completely change how I prepare lessons,” she said excitedly.
The training was a success, achieving its objectives of enhancing teachers’ digital competence and promoting a culture of safe, effective technology use in education. Participants left the training more confident in ºusing digital tools to improve lesson delivery and student engagement.
