Plateau SUBEB chairman wants supervision, monitoring of schools intensified
Supervision
By Martha Agas
Jos, July 19, 2018 (NAN) Prof. Matthew Sule, Executive Chairman, Plateau State Universal Basic Education Board (SUBEB), has directed education secretaries in the state’s 17 local governments to intensify supervision and monitoring of schools.
Sule, who gave the charge on Thursday in Jos, at a two-day retreat for the officials, said that the directive had become necessary to boost the quality of primary education.
The retreat had the theme: “Strengthening the Capacity of Basic Education Managers for Effective Service Delivery”.
Recalling that Hilux vehicles were given to the education secretaries in March this year, he advised them to pay special attention to schools located in the rural areas.
“In the course of your supervisory visits, pay special attention to pupils’ capacity to read, write and count,” he stated.
He said that the retreat was a period for self-examination, and urged the secretaries to reflect on their performance and learn fresh ways of promoting excellence.
The chairman expressed worry over the disparity in the enrollment of girls compared to the boys, and challenged the secretaries to strive to bridge the gap.
Sule advised the education secretaries to ensure that all children of school age were enrolled, saying that such was possible if parents, community and religious leaders were sensitised on the importance of education.
He regretted that attacks on rural communities had affected school enrollment and attendance, but noted that education was crucial to ending violence as it would minimise the number of idle hands to be used for violence.
In his remarks, the Plateau Head of Service, Mr Izam Azi, commended SUBEB for organising a retreat that would encourage self-examination by the education secretaries.
Also speaking, Mr Loyi John, the Education Secretary, Mikang Local Government, said that the retreat would broaden the horizon of the officials toward improved service delivery.
He, however, expressed worry that the number of out-of-school children in Plateau were more than those in schools, and called for concerted efforts to check that.
Among papers presented were “Basic Education: A Panacea for Nigeria ‘s Development”, delivered by Prof. Elizabeth Abama of University of Jos.
Other papers included “Basic Financial Procedures in the Local Government Education Authorities”, “Memo Writing and Disciplinary Procedure in the Civil Service”, among others. (NAN)
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Edited by Emmanuel Nwoye and Ephraims Sheyin