The Anambra State Universal Basic Education Board, ASUBEB has concluded the 2023 edition of its annual retreat for all Head Teachers and other basic education stakeholders in all the three Senatorial Districts of the state.
The retreat which took place at Akpakaogwe Central School, Ogidi in Idemili North Council Area, for the Head Teachers in Anambra Central Senatorial Zone, marked the end of the annual exercise.
The retreat for Anambra North Senatorial Zone was held at Sancta Maria Primary School, Onitsha, while Anambra South was at Model Primary School Nkwo Nnewi.
The theme for this year’s retreat was ‘Building a Digital and Inclusive School Leadership.’
Addressing the teachers, the Executive Chairman of ASUBEB, Dr. Vera Nwadinobi, explained that the vision of Governor Chukwuma Soludo, to build a digital workforce for the state education sector, requires the efforts of all the Head Teachers to see it to fruition and commended the Governor for showing leadership capacity in driving the innovation and disruptive changes he has introduced to the basic education sector.
Dr. Nwadinobi reminded the Head Teachers that as the society advances, schools’ leadership must as well evolve, as the state cannot have digital learners being taught and led by analogue teachers, noting that most of the pupils in their schools operate digital tools at home, hence the need for a paradigm shift in their teaching and learning methods, adding that digital leadership takes into account, recent developments such as ubiquitous connectivity, open-source technology, mobile devices, and personalization.
She explained that digital leadership can be defined as establishing direction, influencing others, and initiating sustainable change through the access of information, and establishing relationships in order to anticipate changes pivotal to schools, and advised the teachers to live up to expectation to ensure that the governor’s lofty vision for the state education sector is realized.
One of the resource persons at the retreat, Lady Stella Ezepue, who is the Director Quality Assurance Department, ASUBEB Awka, who spoke on areas that need to be improved in Schools by Teachers and Headteachers as well as collection and submission of approved levies by Headteachers, encouraged the participants to embrace technology to be able to drive the digitization processes in their schools.
On her part, the ASUBEB Board Secretary, Mrs. Loveline Mgbemena, harped on the need for proper School records and proper routing of official letters as well as knowing the statutory and non-statutory records.
Other aspects which the head teachers were taken through during the retreat include Inclusive Leadership by the Board Member Two, Dr. Kananyo Chukwurah, Curbing examination malpractice among Headteachers and Teachers by Mrs. Ifeyinwa Anatune, among others.
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