Governor Douye Diri is changing the academic fortunes of thousands of children through BayelsaPRIME. Parents, teachers and pupils attest to it, writes Gilbert Ekwugbe. In the early hours of May
Governor Douye Diri is changing the academic fortunes of thousands of children through BayelsaPRIME. Parents, teachers and pupils attest to it, writes Gilbert Ekwugbe.
Designed to drastically improve learning outcomes among children, the reform programme is already showing significant promise. “If a teacher is not in school or if the teacher is in school but not teaching, the basic education sector managers at Bayelsa State Universal Basic Education Board and Ministry of Education can tell remotely, “Iboro said.
Interestingly, the programme has also created a culture of punctuality among pupils. Because they are sure that their teachers will be in school when they arrive early. Policy makers in the education sector have noted that poor learning outcomes are driven by factors including: teacher absenteeism and lateness, poor quality of learning materials, low skill level of teachers and poor motivation of pupils to learn. Bayelsa State had its fair share of these problems.
Because of the BayelsaPRIME reform, teacher professional development challenges have been addressed through training, mentorship and provision of technology-based work tools. A first batch of over 2,000 teachers were trained and equipped with teacher tablets in February at the BayelsaPRIME Induction Training.
Quality learning materials in the form of textbooks, charts, learning cards and other materials are also supplied to the children to enable them to learn and do better.
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