Capacity Building training held for Teachers, Guidance and Counsellors Of Basic education Schools in North Central States in Jos.

Attai Audu Jos.

Three days capacity building/training Basic session for teachers, Guidance and councilors from basic education schools in the North Central States of Nigeria has been organised in Jos, the Plateau State capital.

The training program was organized by SDGs/ National Teachers Institute, NTI.

It has in attendance Head Teachers, Health Teachers, Guidance and Counselors from Islamic and Christian Religious Teachers In Basic Education Schools from all the 7 states that make up the North Central zone.

The training session had a theme, ” Quality Teachers, Healthy Nation” .

Speaking at the event that was held at the Bishop Court, Pastoral Center Jos, the board member of faith based HIV initiative/ core facilitator North Central zone of the training program, Dr. Mrs. Rhoda Udanyi said that the aim of the programme is to address societal ills from the morality point of view especially in areas of the scourge of HIV/Aids and Covid – 19 pendamic.

According to her, the programme provide them opportunities to talk to the participants on the dangers of having sex outside marriage among other issues.

She further stressed on the need for participants to use the knowledge acquired during the training to better the lots of the society at large.

Also speaking at the event, zonal administrative officer, Cecilia Peter expressed satisfaction with the level of cooperation exhibited by participants and encouraged the sponsors to release more funds to enable them reach out to the larger society.

Some of the participants, Comfort N. Kumzwam, Hauwa Judril, Baba yemi and the NTI Coordinator, Plateau State, Suleiman Musa, all expressed joy over the opportunities provided them to acquire fresh knowledge and promised to judiciously use it to better the lots of the society .