Ajoke Babareke, Abuja
The Federal government has issued red alert to state
governments over non-assessment of Funds made available to them through the
Universal Basic Education Commission.
The Minister of Education, Mallam Adamu Adamu gave
the warning while receiving the Niger State Governor, Abubakar Sani Bello
who paid him a courtesy visit in Abuja .
Mallam Adamu who observed that some states have not
accessed their funds since 2015, noted that this could have helped them to
improve basic education delivery.
The Minister emphasized that solid foundation must
be developed at basic education level if the system must be right at other
levels.
He assured of Federal Government’s commitment to
work with the states in the areas of teacher development and
Technical/Vocational
Studies, as both forms part of the Ministerial
Strategic Plan developed by the Ministry.
The Minister also directed the Executive Secretary
of Universal Basic Education, Dr. Hamid Bobboyi to consider possible
assistance to Niger state to develop the three special teacher training
institutes spread across the state; as well as the plans to re-train teachers
in the state rather than contemplating sack which can worsen
unemployment situation in the country.
Speaking earlier, Governor Bello briefed the
Minister on the deplorable condition of the education sector he
inherited, stressing that the situation was terrible in terms of
infrastructure and teacher quality.
According to him, the aim of his visit was to solicit
assistance of the Minister towards achieving the objective of strengthening the
specialized teacher institutes to train fresh teachers, as well
as building capacity of existing teachers instead of sacking the non-capable
ones.
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