The Adolescent Girls Initiative for Learning and Empowerment (AGILE) has organised training for teachers on multimedia content development to ensure effective implementation of digital literacy and remote learning in Kano state.

KANO FOCUS reports that the Project Coordinator Malam Mujtapha Aminu said the training marks an important milestone in an efforts to enhance digital literacy among adolescent girls.

Malam Mujtapha Aminu

He added that the training was specifically designed to equip teachers with the essential digital knowledge and skills required to effectively integrate technology into their instructional practices.

“By doing so, we aimed to empower teachers to provide high-quality digital skills education to their students, particularly adolescent girls.

“In today’s technology-driven world, digital skills are no longer a luxury, but a necessity. They are essential for personal, societal, and economic growth, enabling individuals to participate fully in the digital economy, improve productivity, and drive innovation.

A cross section of participants

“Through this training, we are committed to bridging the digital divide and ensuring that adolescent girls have equal access to digital opportunities. I am confident that, together, we can make a meaningful impact and empower the next generation of leaders,” Aminu said.

Communication Officer, Adolescent Girls Initiative for Learning and Empowerment (AGILE) Kano, Nasiru Yusuf Ibrahim, in a statement on Sunday in Kano, quoted the Project Coordinator as saying that the training would enhance the capability of participants to develop relevant digital content in line with 21st century teaching and learning requirements.

Nasiru Yusuf Ibrahim

He noted that Kano needed a large pool of skilled educators with digital learning content development skills in order to ensure improved teaching and learning outcomes in schools across the state.

A cross section of participants

The Project Coordinator encouraged the trainees to actively participate in the training to enrich their skills and competencies in effectively creating educational content.

In his remarks the Component Lead Digital Literacy and Remote Learning Kano AGILE, Malam Ahmad Jibril said the participants mainly teachers from girls Senior Secondary Schools in the state, are expected to step down the training to other teachers.

Malam Ahmad Jibril

He revealed that in the first phase of the implementation year, 100 schools will benefit from the intervention that will support training of students.

The component lead recalled that in 2024 AGILE in collaboration with Federal Ministry of Education had trained 230 teachers on how to navigate some learning management systems.

A cross section of participants

Jibril added that additional 200 schools will now benefit from the intervention in 2025 adding that 300 more teachers from various secondary schools across the 44 local governments areas of Kano state.

“After the training, the teachers will be given access to content creation equipment to enable them record contents developed in various subject areas and hosted on cloud for access by students not only in Kano but also Nigeria and the globe in general,” he said.

Jibril explained that students will be able to access lessons and study their subjects online during school period or even on vacation.

He highlighted that the new techniques will address challenges encountered during the COVID-19 pandemic that led to the closure of schools, emphasizing that such disruptions would not happen again.

Jibril noted that with the current initiative, even if schools are closed due to holidays or any unavoidable circumstance, teaching continues uninterrupted.

He explained that teachers can record their lessons and upload them to the internet, allowing students to download and watch them at their convenience.

He directed the participants to the Nigeria Learning Passport, an E learning platform of UNICEF in collaboration with Federal Ministry of Education.

He revealed that teachers are allowed to upload their educational contents to these platforms as long as they meet the specified requirements.

In her presentation the lead facilitator Samira Usman Adam exposed participants to different applications for mobile recording and editing.

Malam Ahmad Jibril

A participant, Musa Dan Azumi Muhammad pledged to apply the skills learnt to improve their teaching processes.

He said that the training will promote girl child education, particularly in rural and semi urban areas.

A total of 40 master trainers were selected from different schools across the 44 local government areas of Kano state for the training.

Nasiru Yusuf Ibrahim AMNIPR,
Communication Officer,
AGILE Kano.