– A lecturer in the Department of Physiology at Bingham University, Karu, Nasarawa, made the presentation during a Global Engagement Outreach.
– Louis Aderomose of St. Philips Academy, Maraba, said she learnt of the dangers of drugs to the brain and how to counsel students
– The programme, which was sponsored by the IBRO, enlightened teachers on the general introduction of neuroscience
By Justina Asishana, Minna
A Neuro-Scientist, Dr. Angela Danborno, has presented brain models to secondary schools in Nasarawa State to enable the schools to teach students about the brain, its functions and how to take care of it.
Danborno, a lecturer in the Department of Physiology at Bingham University, Karu, Nasarawa, made the presentation during a Global Engagement Outreach, Teach the Teachers Programme sponsored by the International Brain Research Organisation (IBRO).
She said the brain models would encourage students to develop an interest in studying neuro-science as neuro-scientists are very few in the country, adding that more people needed to come into the profession to promote the mental health of the people.
Speaking to the selected teachers of 17 schools drawn from across the state, Danborno stressed the importance of the brain.
She appealed to the teachers not to just put the brain model in the science laboratory, but use it to teach students to encourage them to take up the study of the brain.
Danborno who had earlier engaged the people of Karu community on building better mental health, lamented that the level of brain awareness in communities was low and needed to be improved.
She explained that most families and communities did not know anything about the brain and this made them take a lot of self-diagnosis which could lead to brain damage.
“The programme is to bring to the awareness that the brain is very important and the brain is you because everything about the human body is controlled by the brain,” she said.
The programme, which was sponsored by the IBRO, enlightened teachers on the general introduction of neuroscience, the different parts of the brain and their general functions and exhibition of the different parts of the brain.
Speaking after the programme, Favour Iyen of Brainfield College noted that she learnt a lot about the brain and its functions, adding that the programme was enlightening and educative.
Louis Aderomose of St. Philips Academy, Maraba, said she learnt of the dangers of drugs to the brain and how to counsel students who may be going through problems of mental health.
