Jeremiah Umaru (APC, Akwanga/Nassarawa-Eggon/Wamba Federal Constituency) has trained no fewer than 100 secondary and primary school teachers across the 35 electoral wards in the constituency to build their capacities for optimal performance.

Speaking at the training on Wednesday in Akwanga Local Government Area (LGA), Nasarawa State, the lawmaker said the gesture was part of his blueprint to invest in and promote the education sector.

Mr Umaru said the training would help build the capacities of teachers in school administration and in using information and communication technology (ICT) to aid teaching and learning, aiming to make them more effective and efficient.

He promised to sustain the training and extend it to all teachers in the constituency in line with global best practices.

The training featured paper presentations on The Role of Information and Communication Technology (ICT) in Teacher Education, Effective School Leadership Management: The Role of Principals and Head Teachers, Effective Financial Management in School Administration, and Drug Abuse and the Poor Performance of Students.

Meanwhile, the lawmaker also donated ₦10 million in prize money to the winners of the secondary school debate competition in his constituency.

The debate was the second edition, organised by the federal lawmaker for secondary schools across the 35 electoral wards of his constituency.

Mr Umaru expressed satisfaction with the participants’ confidence, composure, and the sequence in which they argued their points.

He appreciated the teachers of the various participating schools for grooming and imparting knowledge and values to the students.

Mr Umaru maintained that the debate was aimed at creating a network among the students to expose them to standard best practices.

He, therefore, promised to continue to initiate programmes in various sectors to empower his constituents to justify their support at the polls.

The lawmaker presented prizes to the best students and best schools who emerged as winners in the competition, as well as consolation prizes to all the participating schools.

The Shepherd International College, Akwanga, emerged as the overall winner, with Government Science Secondary School, Wamba, and Our Lady of Fatima College, Ogba, Nassarawa-Eggon, as the first and second runners-up, respectively.

He presented a cheque of ₦1 million and five laptop computers to the winner, ₦700,000 and three laptops to the first runner-up, and ₦500,000 and two laptops to the second runner-up, respectively.

Mr Umaru also presented N500,000 and one laptop to the best speaker, N250,000 and one laptop to the second speaker, and N150,000 and one laptop to the third speaker at the competition.

He equally presented N200,000 and educational materials to each of the other 32 participating schools. 

(NAN)