Rep Jeremiah Umaru (APC, Akwanga/Nassarawa-Eggon/Wamba Federal Constituency) has trained more than 100 secondary and primary school teachers across the 35 electoral wards in the constituency to build their capacities for optimal performance.
Speaking at the event on Wednesday in Akwanga Local Government Area (LGA), Nasarawa State, the lawmaker said that the gesture was part of his blueprint to invest and promote the education sector.
The capacity building was aimed at building the capacities of teachers on school administration, and how to use Information Communication Technology (ICT) in aiding teaching and learning with a view to making them more effective and efficient.
He promised to sustain the training and extend it to all teachers in the constituency in line with global-based practice.
The training featured papers and presentations on The Role of Information, Communication Technology (ICT) in Teacher Education, Effective School Leadership Management: The Role of Principals and Head Teachers, Effective Financial Management in School Administration and Drug Abuse and the Poor Performance of Students.
Similarly, a lawmaker had also presented more than N10 million as cash prizes to the winners of the secondary school debate competition in his constituency.
The debate which was the second edition, was organised by the Federal Lawmaker for secondary schools across the 35 electoral wards of his constituency.
Umaru said that he was impressed with the level of confidence and the composure of the participants and their sequence in arguing their points.
He appreciated the teachers of the various participating schools for grooming and imparting knowledge and values to the students.
Umaru explained that the debate, which was the second edition, aimed at creating a network among the students to expose them to standard best practices.
He said that the programme was designed to create a strong network for the students and provide them with a platform to speak to a larger crowd.
“The network they built today will brighten their academic pursuits and strengthen their public speaking techniques to achieve their dreams and aspirations, in the future.
“It has provided a platform for peer review between students from government schools and their counterparts from private schools.
“Some of us were also groomed through debates and quiz competitions during our school days”, he added.
He therefore promised to continue to initiate programmes in various sectors to empower his constituents to justify their support at the polls.
The lawmaker presented prizes to the best students and best schools who emerged as winners in the competition as well as consolation prizes to all the participating schools.
The Shepherd International College, Akwanga, had emerged as the overall winner, with Government Science Secondary School, Wamba, and Our Lady of Fatima College Ogba, Nassarawa-Eggon as the first and second runners-up.
He presented a cheque of N1 million and five laptops to the winner, N700, 000 and three laptops and N500, 000 and two laptops to the first and second runners up respectively.
Umaru had also presented N500,000 and one laptop to the best speaker, N250,000 and one laptop to the second speaker and N150,000 and one laptop to the third speaker at the competition.
He equally presented N200,000 and educational materials to each of the remaining 32 participating schools.
The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that the debate competition started in August. (NAN).
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