The Society for Planet and Prosperity (SPP) has trained 40 teachers in the Abuja Municipal Area Council (AMAC) as part of its plan to promote climate change literacy in secondary schools across the Federal Capital Territory (FCT), Abuja.
Speaking at a workshop held in Abuja for secondary school teachers in the Federal Capital Territory (FCT) by the SPP in collaboration with the Secondary Education Board (SEB), SPP President, Prof. Chukwumerije Okereke, stated that the workshop was based on a handbook that his organisation developed in 2025 to help teachers in instructing their students and enabling them to form climate clubs in all of their schools.
While this exercise focuses on AMAC teachers, the SPP chief went on to explain that the project’s overall scope extends throughout the FCT.
“We are training all the teachers in Abuja and all of the FCT, but today we are starting in AMAC,” Prof. Okereke emphasised.
He hinted that the SPP was working with the Ministry of Environment’s Department of Climate Change (DCC) and the FCT SEB to raise environmental awareness, encourage young people to adopt sustainable behaviours, and address the dearth of comprehensive climate education in schools.
In a similar vein, Mr Abdullahi Zakir, the Director of Science, Technology, and Mathematics at FCT SEB, praised the event as a valuable opportunity to enhance the ability of “our teachers to understand and teach one of the most critical issues of our time – climate change.”
Zakir recalled the various hazards of climate change, including rising temperatures, erratic rainfall, flooding, and environmental degradation, and how they impact learning in schools throughout Nigeria, especially in the FCT.
“These changes,” he lamented, “directly affect our schools, our communities, and the future of our children.”
Because the knowledge and awareness they impart to their students will impact how the next generation views environmental responsibility, sustainability, and innovation, he urged educators to be aware that they are moulders of the mind and values in addition to teaching the curriculum.
“When students understand the science behind climate change and the role they can play in protecting the environment we nurture, they become responsible leaders and innovators in the future,” he asserts.
Mr. Williams Eba, Vice Principal of Academics at Government Secondary School in Tundun Wada, Zone 4, Wuse, Abuja, was another speaker at the event. He said that the training has made his school aware of some of the ecological issues and how to address them in order to maintain a sustainable environment.
By Nsikak Ekere, Abuja