The Lagos State Universal Basic Education Board (LASUBEB) has felicitated teachers on 2022 Teachers’ Day and restated its commitment to further upskilling them through its innovative and transformational EKOEXCEL initiative.
Since its launch in 2019 by Governor Babajide Sanwo-Olu, EKOEXCEL has upskilled over 18,000 head teachers and teachers from analogue to digital teaching, using tablets and updated curricula.
It has also captured over 14,000 teachers from 1,012 public primary schools and enhanced the teacher-pupil interaction experience through technology (eLearning) in Lagos State primary schools.
Felicitating teachers on the 2022 Teachers’ Day themed “The transformation of education begins with teachers’, LASUBEB Chair, Wahab Alawiye-King, who has oversight over EKOEXCEL, lauded their invaluable role in educating Lagos pupils.
He noted that during and after the COVID-19 pandemic, Lagos teachers had demonstrated an uncommon commitment to improving pupils with diligence.
The LASUBEB chair also hailed the excellent working relationship between teachers in public primary schools under the EKOEXCEL programme, their parent body, the Nigeria Union of Teachers (NUT), and the Board, saying it has proved beneficial to pupils.
“We can’t thank our teachers enough for their commitment and diligence. Their cooperation has helped greatly in the remarkable strides we have recorded in primary education in Lagos. EKOEXCEL has an excellent relationship with them and the NUT. We all remain committed to giving our pupils quality education that will stand them in good stead in the 21st century,” Alawiye-King said.
The EKOEXCEL intervention has aided uniformity and strict adherence to the curriculum. Teachers’ tablets are preloaded with lessons and content that can be effectively monitored for standardisation across Lagos’ public primary schools.
EKOEXCEL recently partnered with the state chapter of the NUT for the maiden edition of its annual lecture and award series themed ‘Development Through Education-Learning and Livelihood’.
Earlier, the NUT Chairman, Hassan Akintoye, also attested to the transformational impacts of EKOEXCEL, noting, “Before the intervention, teaching was analogue. It was based on the competence of individual teachers manning the classroom, but the level of competence varied from one individual to another. The teachers have a standardised digital instrument that enables them to perform their duties. Because of the analogue method, you couldn’t thoroughly ascertain the performance standard, but with the introduction of the highly digitised EKOEXCEL, we now have that standard.”
