The Millennium Development Goals ( MDGs ) are eight international development goals that were established following the Millennium Summit of the United Nations in 2000, following the adoption of the United Nations Millennium Declaration . All 189 United Nations member states at the time (there are 193 currently) and at least 23 international organizations committed to help achieve the following Millennium Development Goals by 2015:
1. To eradicate extreme poverty and hunger
2. To achieve universal primary education
3. To promote gender equality and empower women
4. To reduce child mortality
5. To improve maternal health
6. To combat HIV/AIDS, malaria, and other diseases
7. To ensure environmental sustainability
8. To develop a global partnership for development
Between 2006 and 2013, the Presidency through the National Teachers Institute (NTI) has successfully train and retrain over 610, 032 Public and Junior Secondary School teachers in their major Subject areas.
Teachers your are held in high esteem as the Director General of the National Teachers Institute (NTI) - Dr. Aminu Sharehu said a workshop will be set up to retool teachers and enhance thier Performance and competencies
At least 4,070 teachers will be selected from every Senatorial Districts all over Nigeria, with minimum of 35 nominations each. The search for the best teachers is on going as the selected 4,070 teachers will participate in this workshop coming up in this 2014.
After this programme, Teachers will be
aware of current best practices in thier career
Performance/ Productivity of Teachers will be enhanced
Subject matter content will be better interpreted and understood
National Development will be achieved at the long run.
Teachers with keen interest to be a part of the transformation process should keep abreast of vital information.
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