PUBLIC PRIVATE PARTNERSHIP IN EDUCATION

A satellite television entertainmet company, Multichoice Nigeria, has donated 10 education resource centres to secondary schools in Borno State as part of its contribution to the development of education in the country. Last week’s donation brings to 161, the number of such centres across 18 states of the federation and the FCT, Segun Fayose, Head, Corporate Communications, Multichoice Nigeria, has said.
AT the launch which took place at the Government College Maiduguri, the donor provided benefiting schools with educationally customised audio-visual equipments that include: television, DVD recorder, satellite dish, decoder and surge protecting equipments to give pupils access to purely educational programmes from specific satellite broadcast channels for endless years at no cost whatsoever. Manuals to assist the teachers and schools on the use and maintenance of the resource centres were also donated by the company.
Ronke Bello, the National Coordinator of Schoolnet Nigeria Project, an implementing partner of the project, said the commissioning marked the sixth phase of the Multichoice Resource Centre projects that included a three-day teacher-training programme for selected teachers from the benefitting schools. She said, “the teachers were trained as master-trainers to train their colleagues on the use and integration of the Multichoice Education Bouquet to fit their specific learning environments.”
Segun Fayose, Head, Corporate Communications of Multichoice said the company is going into collaboration with multiple partners that included: the New Partnership for African Development (NEPAD), the World Bank, Education Trust Fund (ETF), Microsoft, Intel and the Mobile Telecommunications Nigeria (MTN), which has shown interest in the development of modern education in Nigeria through helping secondary school teachers to effectively teach their students using audio visual and technology based teaching aides without going out of school curriculum.
The Borno State Commissioner for Education, Dr Asabe Vilita Bashir, who launched the educational centres, acknowledged the huge investment in knowledge and expertise and highlighted that the adoption of up-to-date modern technologies would enhance and ease teaching and learning in schools and thanked the donors and their partners.

CREDIT :  SUNDAY TRUST

ASABE VILITA ADVOCATING FOR ENHANCED TEACHER RECRUITMENT IN BORNO STATE.

Maiduguri — The Borno State government has recruited 1,000 teachers in various disciplines to boost manpower in the state secondary schools, the Commissioner for Education Dr. Asabe Vilita Bashir has said.

Dr. Bashir who disclosed this yesterday in Maiduguri said government embarked on the recruitment exercise because the state was in need of qualified teachers. "Government is not unmindful of the importance of training and re-training of our teachers to deliver hence, the ministry has completed arrangements through its various agencies to organize workshops for teachers at all levels", she said.

CREDIT : DAILY TRUST NEWSPAPER  02/03/2010.

ABOUT VILITA

Dr. Asabe Vilita Bashir was born on 23rd November, 1965 in Limankara Town, Gwoza Local Government Area of Borno State.  She attended Limankara Primary School from 1973 – 1979, she was admitted into Federal Government College, Maiduguri in 1979 uptil 1984 when she excellently passed her WAEC which eventually paved her way into the University of Maiduguri where she studied Chemistry & Mathematics.  Later, through her carrier as a classroom teacher, she vigorously pursued her M.Sc and later Ph. D in Educational Philosophy.
          She was the Head-Girl of Limankara Primary School, Prefect in-charge of School Shop and later Head Girl of Federal Government College Maiduguri.  Even after completing her Secondary education, she was appointed President of the Federal Government College, Maiduguri Old Students Association (Unimaid Branch).  She also served as General Secretary, Federal Government College Old Students Association, Borno State Chapter from 1989 – 1992.
          She was appointed the Vice President, Gwoza Women Development Association in 1990 – 1994, she also become a pioneer member of the Women Association of UNIMAID in 1994.  She was the Coordinator, Diploma Programme of the Department of Education, University of Maiduguri in 1994.  Appointed General Secretary, National Council of Women’s Society (NCWS), Borno State Chapter from 1994 – 1996.  The University of Maiduguri Alumni appointed her Director of Socials and also Financial Secretary of the UNIMAID ALUMNI.  A full time member of the Academic Staff Union of Universities (ASUU) upto 2003 when she was elected to represent Gwoza Local Government at the State House of Assembly, Borno State.
          Dr. Asabe Vilita Bashir was appointed a Board Member for the Borno State Hospitals Management Board from 1998 – 2003.  Board Member, Governing Council of Federal University of Technology, Owerri from 2000 – 2004, Member, Business Committee, University of Maiduguri, Member, Committee on the Establishment of University of Maiduguri Secondary School in 1995 – 1997 and Vice Chairman, Construction of 1000 Housing Estate Committee in 2009.
          After the 2003 Elections, Dr. Asabe Vilita Bashir was the Minority Leader in the State House of Assembly.  She was later appointed Honourable Commissioner, Ministry of Health, Ministry of Agriculture, Ministry of Housing and Rural Electrification and Ministry of Education between 2005 to date.
          Successfully and happily married to Alhaji Bashir H, Hamidu of the Adamawa Broadcasting Corporation, Yola and a mother to three children.  She enjoys Reading, Making Friends, Football (Fan of Arsenal)