The State Universal Basic Education Board in Osun State, in collaboration with the Universal Basic Education Commission, has started a jolly phonics training workshop for about 2,400 teachers in primary schools across the state.

The SUBEB Chairman in the state, Mr. Felix Awofisayo, in an interview with our correspondent, said the new teaching method would enhance the literacy, reading and comprehension skills of the pupils.

Stressing that Grade 1 teachers in the state benefitted from a similar training in 2017 and the impact was evident in the improved reading skills of the pupils, he emphasised the need to train Grade 2 teachers so that they could continue to use phonics to teach the pupils who had been exposed to the method.

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