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Towers, in collaboration with Limitless Space Institute (LSI) of the United States of America, has trained 10 Nigerian secondary teachers selected from schools across the country on Science, Technology, Engineering and Mathematics (STEM), with insight in space technology.
Showcasing the teachers during a global educators’ programme organised jointly by
IHS and LSI in Lagos, Executive Director at LSI, Kaci Heinz, said over 200 teachers applied for the training programme, but 10 were shortisted from different public schools across Nigeria to join other 10 teachers shortlisted from Brazil to attend the 12 months training session through its Global Educators Programme.
According to her, the selected teachers from Nigeria had six months of training in Houston, Texas in the USA, and they will train for the remaining six months in Nigeria, which will run till December 2024.
She said: “Limitless Space Institute is based in Houston, Texas in the United States of America and we are focused on training secondary school teachers across the globe in STEM education, from the perspective of space technology education and we are collaborating with IHS Nigeria to train Nigerian teachers, that will in turn impact the knowledge in their students who are interested in building their educational careers around STEM education.
“We are excited to be in Nigeria to train Nigerian teachers in STEM education to enhance technology education in schools.”
Chief Corporate Services Officer at IHS, Dapo Otunla, said education remained one of the pillars in the sustainability programme of IHS, hence the desire to collaborate with LSI of USA to train Nigerian teachers on SETEM and space technology education that will impact such knowledge in their students.
CEO of IHS Nigeria, Mohamed Darwish, commended the teachers for their zeal to further enhance their knowledge in STEM education and pledged the continued support of IHS Nigeria in ensuring that more teachers and students are trained in STEM education and space technology education.
