{"id":98659,"date":"2022-08-27T10:44:26","date_gmt":"2022-08-27T09:44:26","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/pointblanknews.com\/pbn\/?p=98659"},"modified":"2022-08-27T10:44:26","modified_gmt":"2022-08-27T09:44:26","slug":"edo-govt-employs-3000-teachers-introduces-digital-learning","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/pointblanknews.com\/pbn\/news\/edo-govt-employs-3000-teachers-introduces-digital-learning\/","title":{"rendered":"Edo Govt Employs 3,000 Teachers, Introduces Digital Learning"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"m#msg-f:1742302155664835073\" class=\"mail-message expanded\">\n<div class=\"mail-message-header spacer\" style=\"text-align: justify;\">To compliment the gains from the EdoBest education reforms, the state government has announced it had extended the reform programme to the post primary cadre, while announcing that the government had engaged 3000 teachers for the primary cadre.<\/div>\n<div class=\"mail-message-content collapsible zoom-normal mail-show-images \" style=\"text-align: justify;\">\n<div class=\"clear\">\n<div><\/div>\n<div>Announcing the reforms, the state commissioner for education, Mrs Joan Oviawe in a press briefing in Benin City, said the Edo Best 2.0 Approach was designed to improve on quality of academics in the post primary cadre, create frameworks to coordinate co-curricular activities and improve on school administration.<\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div>She said the government was aware of the falling educational standard in the state, as a result of examination malpractice and therefore was working hard to provide both man power and infrastructure needed in the state school system.<\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div>\u201cThe quality of education students receive in schools has come under scrutiny recently in Edo State due to the high rate of malpractice and misconduct reported during major examination exercises in the state as well as a lack of personnel\u00a0 (teachers)\u00a0 to effectively deliver training across 307 schools dispersed across the state\u2019s 18 local government areas.<\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div>\u201cSince 2008, the state has not employed any teacher across the state, but we are happy to say that we have engaged 3000 teachers for the primary and working to engage 1000 teachers for the post primary.<\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div>&#8220;In order to build on the achievements already seen in the Basic Education Sector Transformation ( Edo BEST ) programme, the state government through the Ministry of Education has been compelled to take decisive action under the EdoBEST 2.0 reform agenda in order to address concerns with secondary education,\u201d she said.<\/p>\n<div id=\"m_-3835407139650424007ymail_android_signature\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"mail-message-footer spacer collapsible\" style=\"text-align: justify;\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<!-- AddThis Advanced Settings generic via filter on the_content --><!-- AddThis Share Buttons generic via filter on the_content --><!-- AddThis Related Posts generic via filter on the_content -->","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>To compliment the gains from the EdoBest education reforms, the state government has announced it had extended the reform programme to the post primary cadre, while announcing that the government&hellip;<!-- AddThis Advanced Settings generic via filter on wp_trim_excerpt --><!-- AddThis Share Buttons generic via filter on wp_trim_excerpt --><!-- AddThis Related Posts generic via filter on wp_trim_excerpt --><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":96229,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_lmt_disableupdate":"","_lmt_disable":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[5],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-98659","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-news"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v26.8 - 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