FIC Report (Nasarawa State) – Nasarawa State Universal Basic Education Board, NSUBEB has said that the board will facilitate the training of elementary mathematics by all primary school teachers in Nasarawa State.
The executive Chairman NSUBEB, Dr Kassim Muh’d Kassim stated this when he received in his office the Head of Department of Mathematics at Federal University of Lafia, Dr Hassan Ibrahim and the lecturers in the department.
Dr Kassim said his Major Challenge in trying to provide quality basic education is the method of teaching in primary schools.
“Mathematics is the father and mother of all subjects, my major problem in basic education is that all primary school teachers are both mathematics, English, social studies, basic science teachers irrespective of their discipline, they teach all subjects, and that is why lesson notes prepared by the teachers is the best, because if you take your time in preparing lesson notes for the basic education section, you will learn better in the cause of your work and have something meaningful to teach the children even if the subject is not your area of specialization.”
“I’m not against lesson notes prepared through Artificial Intelligence (AI), AI is good for secondary and tertiary education but not at basic education since the teachers at primary schools teaches all subjects irrespective of their discipline, and the only way they can understand better is to prepare lesson notes,” he noted.
He promised to synergize with the FULAFIA Department of Mathematics to train primary school teachers in basic elementary mathematics so that primary school children can embrace mathematics at their formative stage and prepare them for a better future.
Meanwhile, the head of mathematics department at FULAFIA Dr Hassan Ibrahim, said they have monitored the transformative steps taking by the chairman since assumption of office to revive basic education in Nasarawa State, noting that they were in his office to commend him and seek synergy with the board to train teachers in basic elementary mathematics.
Dr Ibrahim who highlighted the importance of Mathematics in our everyday lives and in most lucrative professions offered to use their knowledge of Mathematics at the University to build a solid mathematics foundation in Nasarawa basic education.
He explained further that the department has initiated what is called “Community Service Engagement” as a platform to train both primary and secondary school teachers in elementary Mathematics so that they can in turn teach the children properly the basics in Mathematics.
Dr Ibrahim added that Knowledge of Mathematics is key, as there is nothing to be done in the world today without mathematics, which is the reason to convince children to see the importance of Mathematics and embrace it early in their educational upbringing.
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ARI, LIMAN AMINU.
HEAD OF CENTRE,
FIC, LAFIA.
