NAN-H-35
Supervision
By Sunday John
Akwanga (Nasarawa State), Nov. 3, 2017 (NAN) The Management of College of Education (COE), Akwanga, Nasarawa State, says the institution needs over N20 million to facilitate the supervision of its students on teaching practice for 2017.
Jonathan Thani, the Dean of Education in the college, disclosed this to journalists on Friday in Akwanga.
He said that teaching practice was a six unit course, a mandatory exercise and one of the most important activities in the college.
He said that the exercise took place in primary and secondary schools across the state between September and March, the preceding year.
The dean said that because in the past the number of participating students were not much the college spent about N10 million.
He said that the required amount increased this year due to the increase in number of students.
“Apart from this money which only takes care of the allowances of the supervisors, the college also provides booklets and stationery.
“The amount for the teaching practice which is N2000 per student is usually built into the fees because it is not a free exercise.
“Because of the increase in the number this year from about 2000 to 5000, the management, in due consultation with the student representatives, asked them to pay N3000 extra,” he added.
Also, Rebecca Umaru, the Provost of the College, said if supervisors were to go out 10 times during the exercise, it would cost the students over N40 million.
Umaru said that even with the extra pay by the students the management still augmented it, in addition to the support from TET Fund, to ensure the smooth running of the exercise.
She said that the monthly allocation of N108 million from the state government was not enough to pay staff salaries.
“We have to source for over N4 million every month to augment the monthly allocation to enable us to pay full salaries of staff,” the provost added.
She however commended Gov. Umaru Al-Makura, for supporting the institution with infrastructure, among other thing, to enable it to produce world class graduates.
The provost said although the current administration had done a lot for the college, the management still sought more assistance from it to be able to perform better. (NAN)
SDJ/COO/EMO
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Edited by Cecilia Odey/Ejike Obeta