A Non-Governmental Organisation (NGO), the Regalo Hope Foundation (RHF), has appealed to the Ministry of Education to encourage digitalisation of lesson notes, saying it made teaching and learning easier.
Chinenye Onuorah, the Founder/Project Director, RHF, who made the appeal during a seminar organised for school owners, educators and teachers, said that writing of lesson notes should be abolished and discouraged among teachers.
The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that the event with the theme, “Reshaping the Future of My School and I” was organised on Thursday in Lagos in commemoration of the 2023 World Teachers Day.
According to Onuorah, teachers should embrace modern-day learning process, apply apps and tools, because it was important that educators keep on learning to better themselves so they could continue to impart knowledge.
Onuorah said that the theme of the seminar, “The Teachers We Need for the Education We Want: The Global Imperative to Reverse Teacher Shortage” was in line with the theme of the 2023 World Teachers Day.
She urged educators to cultivate an environment that would foster growth, innovation, and inclusivity in their schools.
said the programme had broadened her knowledge, adding that she had learnt not to exclude anybody whether able or disabled, rich or poor, celebrity or not, no man should be over-rated or under-rated.
“Also, we can learn from one another, this programme is an opportunity for me to have more space for learning new aspects and how to include everybody in the learning system though I’ve been doing it but not too efficiently.
“But with what I have learnt today, I need to do more with the use of social media. Because that is how the world is today, so you have to be there.
“ We were made to understand the importance of training and retraining of teachers, so that they can learn and unlearn, a lot of teachers have closed minds towards learning.
“ And so from this training, we are going to be open-minded with all learning systems and upgrade our abilities and skills by doing more research work on Google, visiting YouTube and relevant video clips,” She said.
NAN reports that the programme, which had many participants, provided sessions for educators from public and private schools in Lagos.
