The Benue State Universal Basic Education Board has started translating science textbooks into Tiv dialect for easy learning and sustenance of indigenous languages.
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Philip Tachin, the executive chairman of the board, made this known on Wednesday while declaring open a two-week teacher professional development workshop.
The workshop had the theme: “Strengthening Mathematics and Science Education (SMASE).”
Tachin said the board was also exploring ways to translate the textbooks into Idoma and Igede dialects, noting that the aim was to encourage more students in the state to read science courses.
He said the workshop was in line with the state government’s education programmes.
The chairman urged the participants to take advantage of the workshop to develop themselves.
He expressed gratitude to the federal ministry of education, National Teachers Institute and the Universal Basic Education Commission for making the workshop possible.
The representative of the ministry, Salisu Muhammad, said that 200 teachers would participate in the workshop while 1,000 others would take part at the zonal level.
He commended Tachin for the translation initiative.
Abubakar Ibrahim, the representative of NTI, also hailed the translation initiative.
He called on teachers to place premium on the knowledge impartation.
By News Agency
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