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“This edition is critical as we move through the COVID-19 pandemic.”<\/p>\n
“This is also to address the need to upskill teachers who manage students with diverse needs and teach in diverse communities during times of disruption.”<\/p>\n
“The country’s security challenges and conflicts have resulted in a situation in which students suddenly do not have access to face-to-face learning.”<\/p>\n
“It is critical that teachers and stakeholders are ready to assist students in their learning.”<\/p>\n
“Teachers will learn a variety of skills that will enable them to engage students with disabilities, either physically or intellectually,” Maitafsir explained.<\/p>\n
He stated that the MDGS and, later, SDGs officers had been at the forefront of inclusion in Nigerian classrooms over the last decade.<\/p>\n
The 2021 edition, according to the DG, was pivotal because it introduced teaching techniques to accommodate children with disabilities in the remote learning experience during disruptions.<\/p>\n
“Our intent and desire is to broaden the beneficiaries of the capacity development exercise across the country’s 36 states in 2022 and beyond.”<\/p>\n
“SENDS training is an essential component of my strategy framework for achieving SDG 4 by 2030.”<\/p>\n
“As a result, I intend for the success of this program to serve as a model for enriching existing content and curriculum content.”<\/p>\n
“It will also serve to implement a mass training of SENDS teachers throughout the country in 2022 and beyond,” Maitafsir said.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
From 2011 to the present, the National Teachers Institute (NTI), Kaduna, claims to have trained over 7,000 teachers in Special Needs and Disabilities (SENDS). Prof. Musa Maitafsir, the Institute’s Director-General (DG), announced this on Saturday in Abuja during a SENDS Training for Institute staff. Employees from the Federal Ministry of Education were also among those […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":32,"featured_media":1209,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"jnews-multi-image_gallery":[],"jnews_single_post":[],"jnews_primary_category":[],"footnotes":""},"categories":[21],"tags":[146,517,518,516],"class_list":["post-1200","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-education","tag-kaduna-state","tag-national-teachers-institute-nti","tag-special-needs-and-disabilities-sends","tag-teachers"],"yoast_head":"\n