The Benue State Universal Basic Education Board (SUBEB) has collaborated with the National Digital Resource Centre of the Universal Basic Education Commission (UBEC) to nurture digitally literate and empowered learners.
The chairman of SUBEB, Dr Grace Adagba, disclosed this when she hosted the National Coordinator of the UBEC Centre, Prof. Bashir Galadanci, during a working visit to Makurdi.
In a statement, SUBEB’s information officer, Akese Emmanuella, said Adagba appreciated the collaboration between UBEC and SUBEB in advancing educational initiatives
Adagba reaffirmed the state government’s commitment to ensuring the sustenance of the Smart School, explaining that the administration of Governor Hyacinth Alia was working assiduously towards providing school buses to ensure access to Education for all learners regardless of their proximity to schools.
She urged parents to take advantage of the free, basic, and quality education available at the Smart School and enrol their children.
In his remarks, Professor Galadanci lauded the efforts of the SUBEB chairman and her management team, as well as teachers in the state, in embracing digital resources to enhance the learning experiences of learners.
He said he was in the state to interface with the management and teachers of the UBEC/SSUBEB Model Smart School Makurdi to review activities of the just concluded academic term and share success stories, achievements, and challenges of the school with the aim of seeking solutions to them.
Professor Galadanci said learners need 21st-century skills and knowledge to enable them to compete with their counterparts worldwide. He expressed hope that, with time, all children in Nigeria will get the high-quality smart education that they deserve.
Highlights of the visit were the inspection of infrastructure and digital tools at the school by the National Coordinator, Digital Resource Centre, UBEC Abuja.
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