Nigeria raises quality of education in Uganda, other African countries

Nigerians through hard work and dedications have made impact on Uganda and other African countries education through the Technical Aid Corps to achieve sustainable development.

This was disclosed on Friday in Abuja by volunteers of the Technical Aid Corps after two years service in some African countries.
Babangida Garba, one of the volunteers, who served as a mathematics lecturer at the Islamic University of Uganda, told News Agency of Nigeria he was able to increase the level of students that passed mathematics in the school.
Garba said in the past, the standard of mathematics in the institution was not too encouraging, but through his dedication and commitment, he was able to impact positively in the students.
Garba said a lot of technicalities and modification was injected into the course, called calculus in mathematics, and with the commitment of the students, “we attained 97 per cent success”.
He added: “I went to Uganda to make my country proud and left a legacy and proved that Nigeria is a country to be reckoned with in Africa.
“I so much improved their standard of education and paved way for whoever that will be posted to the institution in the nearest future.
“I was able to impact on their lives because I taught a course which is called calculus in mathematics, which they have been having high rate of failure.
“I was able to meet a target and they were able to meet ninety seven percent success.”
Garba said in appreciation of his efforts, he was appreciated and given awards.
He therefore urged the institution to improve on their abilities.
Saminu Falalu, another lecturer from Jigawa State, who was posted to the same University, explained that he was opportune to serve as the of Head of Department, Biochemistry and Chemistry and able to project the University at international arena.
Falalu said: “My colleagues and I single handedly developed their curriculum for pharmacy degree programme.”
Falalu said the move led to the development of the department’s strategic plan and working paper.
Habiba Kabir, who served in Tanzania, urged government to improve on the programme and extend the areas of coverage to include more participants.
Kabir said during her stay as a teacher, the Tanzanian students were thought English, which later became their official language.
She said: “In Tanzania, the student are being taught in their national language but with the programme, they have been able to communicate in English.”
Kabir said she was so happy for her team being recognised as good ambassadors of the Nigeria Technical Aid Corps and the country at large.
She said they were able to achieve the feet by performing their duties with commitment, diligence and high degree of professionalism.

Some of the volunteers who spoke said there were a lot of challenges in the course of their stay outside the country.

They attributed the major challenge to language barrier, which made teaching more difficult and forced them to extend teaching periods.

They also identified humiliation by some of the workers in some of the countries they were posted to.

The volunteers said some of them felt they were in the country to take their jobs and rendered then jobless.

They said: “They were not friendly at the beginning for the fear of not losing their job, but when we got to know ourselves and our mission better, it became very conducive.

“As for socialisation they were friendly, there was no problem towards their hospitality.”

They added that not minding the challenges in various countries of service, they came back as very proud Nigerians because in all areas they impacted in health, education and others by creating sustainable standards.

They said: “We serve as a big boost in the entire serving sector’s reform process.”