Seplat Energy recommits to educational advancement
Lagos — Seplat Energy has restated its commitment to educational advancement in the country and considers empowering teachers as the critical success factor.
As a result, in 2020, Seplat embarked on empowering teachers and Chief Inspectors of Education, CIEs, at Edo and Delta states with the required knowledge and skill sets to excel whilst leveraging the Science, Technology, Engineering, Arts, and Mathematics, STEAM, model.
On April 14, the company held the graduation ceremony of the beneficiaries of the 2022/2023 session of the Seplat Teachers’ Empowerment Programme, STEP, initiative. The celebration was accompanied by an Education Roundtable and the STEP award ceremony. A total of 271 beneficiaries comprising 260 teachers and 11 CIEs were trained in the 2022/2023 edition.
The STEP initiative by Seplat Energy builds teachers’ competencies to teach the STEAM model of learning to secondary school students to drive creative thinking, allow for higher student engagement, and offer a well-rounded education where Science, Technology, Engineering, Arts, and Mathematics are equal contributors to the process of learning.
The programme provides teachers access to STEAM learning through workshops and a customised electronic platform with a collection of STEAM resources that teachers could access on a free device provided by Seplat.
In her opening remark, the Director, of External Affairs and Sustainability, Seplat Energy Plc, Dr Chioma Nwachuku, said secondary school teachers in public and private schools in the company’s host states were open to benefiting from the laudable programme.
According to her, the STEP programme has been enormously impactful in touching over 25,000 students within the third year of deploying the programme. It has recorded a total of 634 beneficiaries, which comprise 574 teachers and 60 Chief Inspectors of Education, CIEs.
Over the years, Seplat Energy has invested significantly in other educational Corporate Social Responsibility, CSR, programmes such as the PEARLS Quiz competition to support the United Nations Sustainable Development Goals, SDGs, Number 4, which promotes education for all.