Kaduna SUBEB trains 1,000 teachers on synthetic phonics

The Kaduna State Universal Education Board (SUBEB) in collaboration with Universal Learning Solutions (ULS) has begun a three-day training for 960 primary-one teachers and 40 education officials on specialist literacy teaching practices called synthetic phonics.   Synthetic phonics according to Wikipedia is a method of teaching reading which first teaches the letter sounds and then builds up to […]

The Kaduna State Universal Education Board (SUBEB) in collaboration with Universal Learning Solutions (ULS) has begun a three-day training for 960 primary-one teachers and 40 education officials on specialist literacy teaching practices called synthetic phonics.

 

Synthetic phonics according to Wikipedia is a method of teaching reading which first teaches the letter sounds and then builds up to blending the sounds together to achieve full pronunciation of whole words.

 

The beneficiaries were selected from the 23 local government areas of the state to attend the training holding at Zaria, Kaduna and Zangon-Kataf.

 

Speaking at the opening of the training in Kaduna, the Senior Project Manager at Universal Learning Solutions, Mr. Richard Turnbull, said the training will equip teachers with the expertise and tools required to enable them to improve reading and writing skills in English of primary one pupils in government schools across the state.

 

According to him, jolly phonics is a fun and interactive teaching tool that uses the synthetic phonics literacy teaching methodology. “Synthetic phonics is recommended by governments around the world because of the way that it quickly provides children with the skills needed to read and write,” he said.

 

Turnbull further highlighted the exceptional support and partnership offered by Kaduna SUBEB as being instrumental to the success of the project. 

 

Also, the ULS Chief Executive Officer, Mr. Gary Foxcroft in a statement praised the Universal Basic Education Commission (UBEC) for its continued support for the adoption of Jolly Phonics in government schools across Nigeria. 

 

While he said that Jolly Phonics will be in all 36 states and the FCT by the end of this year, he stressed that this will help to improve the reading and writing abilities of over 1million children over the next two years.

 

In his remark, the Kaduna state commissioner for Education, Science and Technology,

 

Mallam Ja’afaru Sani described the training as one of the capacity building programmes being organized to strengthen the capacity of teachers in the state.