Two hundred teachers and six chief inspectors of education (CIEs) from Edo and Delta have commenced a three-month training under the second edition of the NPDC/Seplat Petroleum Development Company PLC joint venture teachers’ empowerment programme, known as STEP.
The attendees will be trained on modern learning techniques, critical thinking skills, problem-solving skills, and lesson notes writing.
Speaking at the formal inauguration of the programme in Benin the Edo state capital, the Director, External Affairs and Sustainability, SEPLAT, Dr Chioma Nwachukwu, said the process for the selection of the benefiting teachers commenced with an online test for 874 teachers that registered from all schools in Edo and Delta.
Nwachukwu, represented by the Manager, Corporate Social Responsibility, Seplat, Esther Icha, added that the beneficiaries were drawn from 28 schools each from both states.
She said the strategy for selection included five teachers, each representing public schools and two from private schools.
The programme commenced with a three-day workshop in Benin, designed to empower teachers to access the Seplat Science, Technology, Engineering, and Mathematics (STEM) app.
She further explained that the training would end with the award of certificates to successful teachers in February 2022.
Beneficiaries are expected to set up a STEM club in their various schools.
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