By Umar Sa’id, Bauchi
In its efforts to support digital learning across secondary schools in Bauchi State, UNICEF field office in the state has donated 1,210 tablets to 55 different schools in the state.
The UNICEF Education Specialist, Bauchi Field Office, Mr. Abdulrahman Ibrahim disclosed this to Journalists over the weekend after a field visit to one of the beneficiary school in Toro Local Government Area where he said each school was given 22 tablets.
He explained that the aim of this gesture is to support the state government in promoting digital learning across schools in the state as well as to improve the standard of education.
He then called on the state government, philanthropists and other well-to-do individuals in the society to support child education by leveraging on the availability of Digital Learning programme under the Nigeria Learning Passport (NLP) initiative to improve Learning outcomes in the state.
The UNICEF Education Specialist stated that the initiative which was launched in Bauchi in 2022 is aimed at Leveraging Digital Technology to improve Learning outcomes in Bauchi state.
He then called for proper monitoring of the programme to ensure its success, especially by regular visit to the schools to see the level of usage of the tablets and other digital Learning gadgets provided to the schools.
The Education Specialist, who enjoined the Government of Bauchi state to take ownership of the learning gadgets, also reminded the benefitting communities that those gadgets belong to them and not UNICEF.
“Sometimes the teachers think the Nigerian Learning Passport belongs to the UNICEF, but no, it belongs to Bauchi state government and it is the responsibility of the state Government to provide Education for all Learners”, Ado pointed out.
“We are calling on the government to please use the Teacher Management Information System (TMIS) in recruiting these teachers that is been approved by the government”, the Education Specialist requested.
On his part Commissioner of Education represented by the Director Planning Research and Statistics, Bauchi state, Ai’shatu Aminu said almost all the schools across 20 Local Governments of the state have been enrolled, with the exception of the newly admitted students.
