A Non-Governmental Organisation, Voluntary Services Overseas (VSO) in collaboration with Kwara State Government is to train 400 teachers in the employment of the State Government on 21st century teaching skills to boost quality of education at secondary school levels in the state.

The training of the 400 permanent teachers in the State which will take off next month will also see the provision of fully equipped mobile workshops as well as the training of entrepreneurial skills to the people of the State.

These facts emerged when the Voluntary Services Overseas led by the Head of Programmes, Mr Ananb Kishore Das paid a courtesy call on the state governor, Dr Abdulfatah Ahmed at the Government House, Ilorin.

Governor Ahmed said the slow pace of development in Nigeria could be attributed to the deficit in human capital development ,hence the need to bridge the deficit in all sectors.

The governor, who noted that one of the challenges in the teaching sector is getting the right teachers to get things done, said his administration has reviewed school curricular with emphasis on human capital developmental and skilled workforce.

The Head of Programmes, Voluntary Services Overseas, Mr Ananb Kishore-Das in his remarks said the organization currently operates in 25 schools in two local government areas of the state with emphasis on Mathematics and Science subjects.

Dr Das who said VSO will soon increase the number of schools where it operates to 35 for better results, commended the state government for its commitment to the provision of qualitative education in the State.