The Executive Secretary of the Universal Basic Education Commission (UBEC), Dr. Hamid Bobboyi, has reiterated the commitment of the federal government to the provision of quality and inclusive basic education in the country.
He said Nigeria cannot attain Sustainable Development Goal (SDG-4)—Access to Equitable, Quality, and Inclusive Education—at basic education institutions without a deliberate commitment to providing access to quality education for special needs people, including Nigerian children living with disabilities.
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Bobboyi spoke during a capacity-building workshop for select teachers on inclusive education delivery in basic education institutions in Nigeria, held in three centres in Delta, Kaduna, and Nasarawa states.
He disclosed that a total of 382 teachers were selected for the train-the-trainers capacity building in Delta, Kaduna, and Nasarawa states, respectively, from 382 schools across the country on inclusive education principles, ideologies, and processes.
In a statement by the spokesperson of UBEC, Mr. David Apeh, yesterday in Abuja, Bobboyi thanked the facilitators who have been committed to working with the commission in the efforts to deliver the content of the capacity-building programme to the state officers, especially teachers.
Bobboyi further revealed that the commission had already developed guidelines for the implementation of inclusive basic education in Nigeria, the training manual, and the facilitator guide.