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Colleges adopt new curriculum teachers’ training

A new curriculum for training teachers has come into use across colleges of education in Nigeria, nearly 10 years after a national mandate that specified…

A new curriculum for training teachers has come into use across colleges of education in Nigeria, nearly 10 years after a national mandate that specified a National Certificate of Education as minimum qualification for teachers.

The Continuous Professional Development (CPD) curriculum, which rolls out as early as May this year, is to be accredited by the National Commission for Colleges of Education, which developed the CPD with support from the Teacher Development Programme, TDP, a six year project funded by the British Department for International Development.

NCCE executive secretary Muhammad Junaid said the new curriculum endorsed by college provosts in Abuja on Thursday was “reshaping the future of teacher education by making it more practical.”

In a first phase this May, CPD goes into effect in schools in Jigawa, Katsina and Zamfara while a second phase will target schools in Kano, Kaduna and Niger.

 “We are working with the colleges [of education] to implement the new curriculum. We are not leaving the colleges on their own,” Junaid added. But the commission will visit the colleges in two years to completely accredit schools well-placed to train teachers.

“Our ultimate aim is to engender a paradigm shift in the way lecturers teach, from traditional transmission model of teaching to constructivist, gender-sensitive pedagogy,” said Junaid.

CPD curriculum, developed by curriculum experts in colleges of education nationwide, already has nine modules spread through nearly 480 hours of study—and will require teachers to have completed an initial degree in education or some other discipline relevant to school curriculum.

It also will open teachers to learning resources and education technologies to make students better able to through participation instead of simply remembering what they are taught.

“Investigations have shown that teachers have not been very well prepared for their roles,” said Nguyan Feese, national programme manager for TDP.

“The programme will enable teachers to be trained in a different way that will enable them teach in a different way and we hope that we will get different results—that is improved learning outcomes.”

The new CPD will award certification in any of five areas of basic education—early childhood care, primary education, junior secondary, adult and non-formal, or special needs education.

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