In Rivers State, the government has flagged-off the training of 500 junior and senior secondary school teachers across the state on ICT skill.
The four-day intensive computer training/workshop opened on November 21, 2006, at the NIIT Quality Computer Education Centre, Kaduna Street in Port Harcourt. The State Commissioner of Education, Dr Ngozi Odu said that the decision to hold the workshop was informed by the central role computer studies play in the education system. She explained that two teachers each were selected among the 245 schools in the state, while 20 teachers were selected from private schools within Port Harcourt and Obio/Akpor local government areas.
