FG to spend N5.5 bn to train teachers in 2012

The Federal Government on Monday said it would spend N5.5 billion to train and develop about 150,000 teachers and education managers nationwide in 2012.
The Minister of State for Education, Mr Nyesom Wike, disclosed this in Bauchi at the launch of the “2012 Capacity Building Workshop’’ for basic education teachers and managers.
The workshop was organised by the Universal Basic Education Commission (UBEC) in collaboration with Bauchi State Universal Basic Education Board.
Wike said that the programme was aimed at ensuring that teachers and education managers, who were directly involved in education delivery were exposed to current trends in education policies.
They would also be exposed to management systems and teaching methodologies.