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The Independent Corrupt Practices and Other Related Offences Commission (ICPC) on Wednesday organised a two-day training programme for teachers in Lagos State on National Values Curriculum (NVC).
Prof. Bolaji Owasanoye, Chairman, ICPC, declaring the training open, said the commission was interested in ensuring that students get the best out of the curriculum.
“The development and use of NVC is one of the major achievements of the commission.
“The commission is not resting on its laurels as far as the NVC is concern.
“By training teachers on the teaching of the curriculum, the commission wants to ensure that teachers identify elements of the curriculum in their teaching of subjects and teach it accordingly.
“The values should not get lost in the subject,’’ he said.
The chairman said that the focus on teachers was intentional as teachers are the transmitters of message of the NVC.
“Without a good teaching strategy, the students will not learn the values as intended, thus our emphasis on teaching teachers who will teach others.
“Also, the commission intends to conduct a survey on how NVC is being taught in the schools.
“This is to enable us to identify areas that require more input.
“The survey will measure the impact of NVC on the students,’’ he said.
Owasanoye, represented by Mr Shintema Binga, said the training was going on simultaneously in Kano State as well as the FCT.
“We hope to train in Akwa-Ibom and Rivers by the end of August and before the second term of the 2019/2020 session is over, we intend to conduct this training in 12 other states.
“The commission will strive to cover all states of the federation in the future,’’ he said.
The ICPC chairman said the training programme was in collaboration with the Federal Ministry of Education and Nigeria Education Research and Development (NERDC).
Also, Dr Ganiyu Sopeyin, the Chairman, Lagos State Universal Basic Education Board (SUBEB), said in recent year, the image vis-a-vis reputation of Nigeria as a country had been dented among the comity of Nations.
Sopeyin said it was due to the widely held view that the country was deeply corrupt.
He said the development brought about the establishment of ICPC and EFCC by the former President Olusegun Obasanjo as an expression of his administration’s zero tolerance for corruption.
According to him, ICPC has identified the erosion of sound national values as one of the major factors responsible for persistence menace of corruption.
“In the light of the realisation of the negative role that bad values contribute to the worrisome state of corruption in the country, the commission has put together this training.
“It is to empower teachers and education technocrats in the use of the developed curriculum.
“This will address the problem right from the foundation stages of education.
“So, you are enjoined to leverage on the vital knowledge, skills and information you will be taken out of this training programme as participants,’’ he said.
Speaking, Mr Shabi Adebisi, an Educational Officer, Lagos State Ministry of Education, said that stakeholders in the education need to take the aspects of corruption seriously.
According to Adebisi , it must not be left with teachers and school administrators alone; if you want to end corruption, all hands must be on deck.
“Teachers must be professionals in the discharge of their duties and responsibilities in schools.
“We must shun every form of malpractices and corruption within our schools. Integrity and dignity should be our watchword,’’ he said. (NAN)
JULY 24, 2019 17:18 GMT|
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