The Lagos State Federal Government, through the State Mentor Service Commission (TESCOM), has begun a two-day capacity-building workshop for senior secondary school instructors on Grade Levels 15 to 17, targeted at enhancing service shipment and rearranging the education sector for quality.
The workshop, holding at the State Teaching Service Staff Advancement Centre, Owutu, Ikorodu, is developed to enhance the leadership capacity of experienced teachers and equip them with the skills needed to drive instructional change in the state.
Stating the workshop open, Chairman of the State Teaching Service Commission, Mrs. Victoria Mopelola Peregrino, said the program, themed “Repositioning the Education Sector for Excellence: Strategic Management, Innovation and Service Delivery in Education,” was developed to empower senior teachers as important chauffeurs of academic reform.
According to Peregrino, the rapidly changing international landscape, characterised by technological development, globalisation, and developing labor force needs, has actually made it essential for teachers to embrace brand-new methods to teaching and school administration.
“Education today is running in a quickly altering world characterised by technological development, globalisation, and developing labor force needs. Traditional methods to teaching and school management can no longer properly prepare students for the obstacles and opportunities of the 21st century,” she stated.
She worried that teachers need to move beyond being simple transmitters of understanding to becoming facilitators, mentors, innovators, and alter representatives efficient in motivating students to think seriously, solve problems artistically, and contribute meaningfully to society.
Peregrino further emphasised the significance of innovation in achieving excellence, keeping in mind that innovation extends beyond making use of technology to consist of improved techniques of teaching, learning, assessment, and academic management.
She advised participants to accept change, cultivate imagination, and remain open to originalities that would enhance teaching effectiveness and improve student engagement.
The TESCOM chairman also motivated participants to increase the workshop by sharing experiences, checking out ingenious practices, and developing techniques that would enhance their effectiveness as academic leaders.
Other members of the Commission’s board, consisting of Mrs. Kafayat Ajenifuja and Mr. Abiodun Bamboye, challenged individuals to think differently, lead tactically, and provide outstanding service. They urged teachers to continually seek understanding on emerging patterns, processes, and treatments in education in order to enhance the school system.
In his welcome address, the Permanent Secretary of the Commission, Mr. Rafiu Olawale Ojikutu, discussed that the style of the workshop was thoroughly chosen in recognition of the consistent changes and disruptions shaping 21st-century education.
He noted that technological developments and the emergence of digital platforms have changed the mentor occupation, making it required for instructors to remain ahead by obtaining the pertinent abilities needed to successfully engage the brand-new generation of tech-savvy students.
Ojikutu stated that the Commission had actually currently initiated a series of capacity-building programmes for instructors throughout various levels as part of efforts to tactically rearrange educators and equip them to deal with modern educational difficulties.
“As a Commission, we are dedicated to improving the quality of teachers and teachers in line with our objective of developing a formidable and productive academic system capable of completing favourably with any worldwide,” he said.
He concluded by charging individuals to take proactive steps towards revitalising the teaching occupation and addressing existing difficulties to enhance service shipment across schools in the state.
The two-day workshop, anticipated to conclude on Friday, June 26, 2026, with the discussion of a communiqué, drew in over 200 teachers on Grade Levels 15 to 17 from the 6 education districts in Lagos State in addition to the Lagos State Technical and Vocational Education Board (LASTVEB).