Ben Ezechime, Enugu
The Convener, 2024 South East Educators Conference (SEEC), Mrs Doris Chinedu-Okoro, says it will partner with the Anambra and Enugu State governments to address educational needs of the zone.
Chinedu-Okoro said this at a conference in Enugu with the theme, “The Future Focused Learning,” which would offer opportunity for stakeholders to pioneer positive changes in the local education sector in the region.
She noted that many teachers and students were not Information Technologically (IT) compliant to meet international best practices in the sector.
According to her, the event was as a result of the necessity to reawaken and encourage innovative and technological ways of teaching and learning among educators in the zone to impact meaningfully on young people.
The convener, who is the Chief Executive Officer of Evergreen Group, added that the event would create a dynamic platform that would equip educators with the necessary tools and knowledge to make lasting impact on South-East educational landscape.
“I did not mean that education in the South-East was not like what is obtainable in other parts of the country but we need to be more proactive, discern how dynamic the system is now for the future of the youths.
“At the end of the conference, the educators in the region will have a glimpse of what future is asking from teachers and educators as we work together to know where they will fit in.
“So we bring the industry experts and entrepreneurs and the conference will awaken the journey to educators in the South-East,” she said.
She stated that they were partnering Anambra and Enugu state governments as they were sponsoring the Heads of Schools and Principals in Primary and Secondary Schools to attend the programme.
“It’s more of stakeholders conference on high level conversation to make things different and change education in the South-East, by reflecting what we discussed at the conference in classrooms and equipping them with 21st century skills.
“Participants will explore transformative practices, technology integration, community engagement, diverse perspectives, innovative ideas, fostering collaboration and networking among educators and stakeholders,” she stressed.
Also speaking, an entrepreneur, Chinonso Ogbuogu, noted that entrepreneurs were trying to fix the problems that parents and teachers failed to fix.
Ogbuogu pointed out that gaps in the market place and the one in the classrooms needed to be closed.
He said one of the fundamental ways to close the gaps was to bring educators in the same room to start having discussions on how to adapt in an evolving world.
While noting that Africa, Nigeria and the South-East region were behind the line in education, Ogbuogu said the collaboration and conference of this kind would go a long way to prepare talents in Nigeria and Africa for the future.
