In South Korea, KOICA trains 29 Nigerian teachers in smart education

The Korea International Cooperation Agency (KOICA) and the Universal Basic Education Commission (UBEC) announced plans to train twenty-nine South Korean teachers for the Smart Education Project.

According to the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN), the teachers came from six states: Cross River, Bauchi, Anambra, Nasarawa, Kano, and Ekiti, representing the country’s six geopolitical zones.

According to NAN, the training, which will take place from July 29 to August 19, 2023, is part of the activities of the Smart School Education initiative, which the two agencies signed in 2021.

In a statement published in Abuja on Friday, Mr Son Sungil, Country Director of KOICA, stated that instructors play critical roles in the lives of students and the success of the smart school initiative.

“This is the third in a series of teacher trainings provided by KOICA for the Smart School Project.”

“In December 2022, twenty (20) Smart school principals and another twenty (20) education stakeholders were trained in Korea.”

“This includes the SUBEB chairman, who is accompanied by the UBEC Executive Secretary, Dr. Hamid Bobboyi, on a Smart Education Study visit to Korea.”

“Currently, the Korean government is supporting six states out of the 36 states and the FCT where UBEC has built Smart Schools through KOICA.”

“The assistance includes teacher and principal training, as well as the creation of digital content for mathematics and science subjects for Primary 4 to 6 and Junior Secondary 1 to 3.”

“Also, the installation of content development studios in each of the 6 Smart Schools,” he added.

Teachers were chosen from Smart schools based on their performance, according to Sungil, and will study Korea’s Smart School Education system and approach.

They are supposed to mentor Nigerian teachers on how smart schools operate when they return to Nigeria.(NAN)