NTI at forefront of producing quality teachers ― Maitafsir

The Director and Chief Executive of the National Teachers’ Institute (NTI), Kaduna, Prof Musa Garba Maitafsir, has said the Institute has been at the forefront of producing quality teachers.

Prof Maitafsir, who was represented by the Institute’s Director of Academic Services, Dr Hafsat Lawal Kontagora, disclosed this at the opening of a three-day Review Meeting of Quality Assurance Monitoring and Evaluation Instrument, held at the Institute at the weekend.

He said the goal would not have been achieved without quality assurance, saying, quality assurance should strive to achieve balance and coherence across different mechanisms, that have been developed to meet the demand and expectation of the Institute.

“I am very passionate about quality assurance and will continue to promote quality assurance, effective service delivery to all activities of the Institute, that is why this review is being held,” he said.

In her welcome address, the Institute’s Director of Quality Assurance and ICT, Hajiya Fatima Ahmad Belgore, said NTI has been nurturing and producing quality teachers to meet the challenges of the 21st century.

Belgore said the Institute since its inception has been playing a great role in teacher education in Nigeria through the instrumentality of distance education.

She said the monitoring instruments have been put to use years ago in order to enhance the quality of the already developed monitoring instrument, which is in accordance with the modern innovation of regular improvement, hence the need to embark on a critical review of the instruments by experts.

Meanwhile, the Director and Chief Executive of the National Teachers Kaduna, Prof Musa Garba Maitafsir, has observed that instructors are very critical to the effectiveness of the learners and students.

Prof Maitafsir, who was represented by the Institute’s Director of Academic Services, Dr Hafsat Lawal Kontagora, made the disclosure at the opening of a three-day training workshop on Basic Instructional Methods and Techniques for Instructors of the Association of Medical X-Ray Technicians of Nigeria, at the NTI Conference Centre, Kaduna.

“We want you to pay utmost attention and focus, on all the deliberations, so as to gain the overall objectives of the training, which will specifically equip you to the pedagogical skills, to be able to deliver instructions effectively,” he said.

He commended the Medical X-ray Technicians for giving NTI the opportunity of the training, which will automatically improve their skills and impact their learning.

He said the initiative will enhance the capacity of the members of the association and assure them that they are in the right place.

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NTI at forefront of producing quality teachers ― Maitafsir