The association organized a workshop for teachers in all the Islamic schools on Thursday in Ilorin in order to improve the quality of teaching and learning.
The Guest Speaker at the workshop, Hajiya Lateefat Ayeni, said that the training was for teacher’s development, basically on classroom management and how to impact knowledge on learners.
She said that the major thing was how to be a better teacher and how to control students without shouting or beating, rather use of professional and tactical ways of teaching and understanding.
“Teachers development is continuous and as the world changes, there is a need to keep up with current trends, as teaching is not something that is static.
“We have to keep on improving in our skills by learning everyday about something and about everything,” she said.
Another speaker, Hajia Fatima Oreagba, said that there was a need for teachers to know how best to handle students in the classroom as well as school environment to improve the standard of education.
She said that teachers should know the reason why school is important for learners in order to maintain the standard expected in imparting knowledge.
“We don’t just go to the classroom and do what we are told, rather we need to stimulate our thought and know why the Almighty chose us to impart knowledge and make a difference,” she said.
The state Chairman of the association, Tahjudeen Bolaji, noted that as the school begins a new session there was a need to add value to schools that would reflect on teachers’ output.
“We want to get the best out of the teachers and inculcate both Islamic and Western knowledge in our students for them to behave responsibly and relate well in society.
“Whatever you know is what you will teach and knowledge you don’t have cannot be shared with others, so there is a need to train the trainers.
“Three to six teachers from 48 schools across the state attended the workshop and they will share the knowledge gained with their colleagues, for them to also benefit,” he said.
The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that the Public Relations Officer of the association, Musa Abdullahi, said that the workshop was for teachers to be more knowledgeable in their various departments.
Abdullahi, also the Chairman of the 2022 AMIS workshop, said that the annual programme started in 2019, in order to bring together knowledge from different fields of knowledge and improve individually and generally.