100 recent graduates from the Faculty of Education, University of Maiduguri have been deployed to provide afternoon education services in Borno communities and Q’uranic centres.
The teachers will strengthen the quality of teaching and learning and provide numeracy and literacy classes in selected Tsangaya centres and Islamiyah schools in the state.
Education Manager, UNICEF Borno Field Office, Nasser Kaddoura, stated these on Tuesday during a five-day training session for the teachers on the Teaching at the Right Level (TaRL) methodology and tools.
The TaRL training deploys a progressive model of initial, middle and final assessments for children to track their learning abilities.
Supported by the European Union’s Early Recovery and Resilience programme in Borno State, the training is a programme of the United Nations Children’s Fund, in partnership with the Borno State Universal Basic Education Board, Ministry of Religious Affairs and the University of Maiduguri.
Kaddoura said the training of teachers on TaRL to ensure the availability and quality assurance of education services for out-of-school children in the state.
He added that the training on TaRL methodology was necessary to track the progress of the children as they enroll and attend classes.
He said: “UNICEF and its partners are collaborating to ensure that access to education translates to qualitative learning.
This will ensure that children are learning as part of increasing access through non-formal education settings.
“That is why this partnership will use the right teaching methods to ensure that children receive qualitative basic education after which they can opt for a further educational or vocational pathway.
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