The Office of the Vice President, in collaboration with the North-East Development Commission, trained 100 teachers in digital literacy to improve education delivery in Adamawa State. Dr Mariam Masha, Senior Special Assistant to the President on Regional Development Programmes, disclosed the development during a presentation at the Academic Support and Skills Enhancement Programme held on Tuesday in Yola. The training targeted Science, Technology, Mathematics and Agriculture teachers in senior secondary schools across six North-East states: Gombe, Bauchi, Borno, Yobe, Adamawa and Taraba. Masha stated that the initiative supports President Bola Tinubu's Renewed Hope Agenda, aimed at closing educational gaps and equipping teachers with digital and technical skills for modern classroom instruction.
Masha added that the programme enhances teachers' ability to integrate technology into teaching methods, ultimately improving student learning outcomes. The Managing Director of NEDC, Mohammed Alkali, represented by Adamawa Coordinator Khalifa Lawan, attributed the need for the training to the impact of prolonged insurgency, which disrupted education in the region. Alkali noted that over 50 per cent of the teaching workforce was lost due to the crisis and that the commission has rehabilitated schools across 112 local government areas in the North-East. Adamawa Commissioner for Education Dr Umar Pella, represented by Permanent Secretary Aisha Umar, praised the Federal Government, stating that continuous teacher training strengthens classroom delivery.
Pella said enhanced teacher capacity would improve Science, Technology, Mathematics and Agriculture education across the state and North-East region. Prof. Augustine Okoronka of Modibbo Adama University described the initiative as commendable, stressing that education drives national development. He urged teachers to embrace lifelong learning, update their knowledge and adopt modern teaching techniques. A participant, Kieran Godiya, described the training as timely, noting it introduced artificial intelligence tools and inclusive teaching methods to support diverse learners amid ongoing security challenges.
The NEDC claims over 50 per cent of teachers were lost to insurgency, yet the training reached only 100 across six states, leaving the scale of recovery questionable. Adamawa's Dr Umar Pella lauds continuous training, but the state's actual teaching deficit remains unaddressed in the figures provided. If more than half the workforce is gone, 100 teachers barely register in the gap. The commendable focus on digital tools contrasts sharply with the region's basic classroom shortages, unmentioned in the presentation.
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