The Federal Capital Territory Administration (FCTA) has held a 3-day training workshop for 110 teachers drawn from different schools across the six area councils of the FCT.
The training, which started on Tuesday at the FCT Department of Science, Technology & Innovation Utako, Abuja, was facilitated by officials from Ibrosoft International Development Foundation (IIDF).
While declaring the training open, the Director of FCT Department of Science, Technology and Innovation (DSTI), Dr Olobashola Kolawole, said the world is fast changing, hence the need for teachers in the FCT to be ICT compliant.
He said: “I want everyone, especially teachers, to be ICT compliant. In today’s world, ICT is very important. That’s why I was happy that the FCT Minister, His Excellency Barrister Nyesom Wike, approved this training through the Mandate Secretary. As a Director, you need ICT knowledge. In fact, presently, before you can become a Permanent Secretary, you must take an exam with the use of the computer. Therefore, you can see that ICT is very important.
“Even as teachers, knowledge of ICT is very important in discharging your duties to students. If you must know, very soon, we will start kicking out teachers who are not ICT compliant. We are supposed to be moving forward, not backward. If you are not ICT compliant, what are you going to be teaching the students? Everyone has to sit up. My charge to participants in this training is to fit in or get kicked out.”
On his part, the Director General of Ibrosoft International Development Foundation (IIDF), Ibrahim Abdullahi, said at the end of the training, the teachers will know everything possible about ICT and apply the knowledge to their classroom activities.
“The world is fast changing and we must catch up with what others are doing. The reason for this training is to bring teachers up to speed on what is obtainable in today’s digital world. We are lagging behind in ICT.
“As teachers, the participants will learn many things about ICT and the digital world. At the end of the training, they will be able to create websites, Google accounts, virtual attendance and even hold virtual lessons with students,” he said.
