NBC strengthens capacity development through ‘Teacher4Change’ project

Nigerian Bottling Company (NBC) Limited, an organisation devoted to driving community development and sustainability, has completed its one year ‘Teacher4Change’ project.

The one-year training programme was designed in line with the current school curriculum of the state with tailor-made learning experience that can be put to immediate use by the participants. The teachers were also awarded with gifts and electronic gadgets to assist them in their learning research and best global practices.

Ifeoma Okoye, public affairs manager, Lagos, while speaking at one of the presentation ceremonies at the St. Theresa Primary School, Marine Beach, Apapa, Lagos, said: “The knowledge gathered from the training exercises should be put to good use. All teachers should learn to share knowledge and other best practices with their colleagues.” Okoye added that capacity building amongst teachers is a way of enriching the community in the area of education.

Antonia Akude, a teacher in St. Theresa Primary School, Apapa, while sharing her experience from the training exercise, stated that the training exposed her to the best teaching approach to imparting knowledge while taking into consideration the uniqueness of every child in a classroom.

Also speaking at the event, Margret Imokhodu, head teacher of the same school, thanked NBC Limited for the matchless gesture of training teachers and focusing on teacher development.

Udeafor, one of the teachers from Adeniyi Jones Primary School, Ikeja, Lagos, who spoke at the presentation ceremony, expressed her initial intention to quit the teaching profession, but for her nomination to attend the NBC Limited-sponsored ‘Teacher4Change’ project. She added that the training gave her a new spirit, new discovery and new motivation like never before towards teaching, and that she felt elated to be a teacher, imparting knowledge to the younger generation.

NBC Limited is fully committed to sustainable partnerships with stakeholders and collaborates with Lagos State Ministry of Education and the State Universal Basic Education Board (SUBEB) in the ‘Teacher4Change’ project. The project has trained a total of 24 teachers from the two schools adopted by NBC Limited – St. Theresa Primary School, Apapa and Adeniyi Jones primary School, Ikeja, Lagos, in partnership with Stephen Adams Social Reformation Foundation.