The United Kingdom has trained principals of public secondary schools in Akwa Ibom State on new ways in school management and curriculum development.
The two-day education upscaling skills workshop, which ended at the weekend, is part of the Akwa Ibom – United Kingdom Educational Exchange Programme.
The Senior Education Advisor of Southwark Council, UK, David Bromfield, had sessions with the principals on Leadership in Education and Curriculum Inspection.
Bromfield introduced viable ways to administer leadership among teaching staff and evolve new methods of curriculum development that will yield positive results in general performance.
On leadership in Education, he encouraged the principals to imbibe change in policies and administration, while obeying the tenets of authentic and transformational leadership in their respective schools.
The principals also had first-hand information on how educational administration and curriculum development is done in parts of the UK, which they considered ways to domesticate the ideas and initiatives.
Akwa Ibom Commissioner for Education, Mrs Idongesit Etiebet, engaged the Mayor of London Borough of Southwark, Michael Situ, with Mr Bromfield in a policy review meeting.
She expressed confidence that Gov Umo Eno’s vision to improve the standard of education in the state is yielding desired results and will continue as more strategic collaborations are expected.
