Education
Enugu, September 12, 2018 (NAN) The Enugu State Universal Basic Education (ENSUBEB) has expressed its commitment at ensuring quality education in all its public primary and secondary schools as new academic session begins Sept. 17.
The Chairman of ENSUBEB, Chief Ikeje Asogwa through his Public Relations Officer, Mrs Nkiru Onuora, gave the assurance in Enugu on Wednesday while speaking with the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) on its activities for resumption of schools.
Asogwa said as schools across the state prepared to resume on September 17, the Quality Assurance Department of ENSUBEB would go round schools to monitor academic activities of each school.
He added that the Social Mobilisation and School Services Departments had been equipped with the necessary tools to effectively carry out their duties.
“These departments will ensure that schools resume on Sept. 17 and see if the number of students does not exceed the registered students in such schools.
The ENSUBEB boss said that facilities in schools had been upgraded, renovations made and new schools constructed before the end of the just concluded session.
“All these were done before the end of the just concluded session.
“ A total of 13,000 chairs and teachers’ desks were also distributed to all schools last session and learning materials were also given to students and teachers alike.
“We will not relent after achieving this feat. We will do more in the coming academic session,’’ Asogwa said.
He said that the board would also ensure that teachers were trained and retrained to update their knowledge as new development arose.
“Remunerations will also be paid as at when due to serve as a source of encouragement in order for them to put in their best while in the business of impacting knowledge,’’ he said.
The chairman said the board was currently gathering data from all schools so as to give an informed opinion on whether there was need to employ more teachers.
He said they were careful in appointing teachers because employing incompetent teachers would defeat the quality education the government was striving to ensure.
Asogwa noted that all these were important to ensure that education in Enugu State became the best such that its products could compete favourably with their counterparts within and outside Nigeria.
The chairman said the current government was giving education adequate attention hence, the reason for committing enough resources to the sector.
He concluded that the local and international laurels won by schools and students in the state were a pointer that education in the state had witnessed rapid transformation (NAN).
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Edited by Maureen Atuonwu