Niger Gov. Abubakar Sani Bello Decries Continued Decline In Quality Of Products From Nigeria’s Educational System

Governor Abubakar Sani Bello of Niger State  has decried what he described as the “continued decline in the quality of products from the nation’s educational system despite huge investments by governments in the sector”.

The Governor stated this  in a message he sent to the National flag off of the 2017/2018 Quality Assurance Training for Directors and Education Secretaries in the 25 Local governmtent Areas of the  state, just as he called  for  the urgent need to  redress the situation.

Governor Abubakar Sani Bello who was represented by his deputy,  Alhaji Ahmed Mohammed Ketso stressing that “there is an urgent need for major stakeholders to come up with practicable ways to improve on the   standard of our education system as it relates to quality in delivery of free , compulsory basic education in Nigeria”

He thereby suggested that ” Quality Assurance Managers of our education system must be given due attention so that we can sustain the gains we have so far”.

He submitted that : ” If we must achieve our overall target for education through creation of a purposeful and sustainable system then we must pay due attention to manpower of the education system to drive quality and competitiveness in the system”.

Abubakar  Sani Bello revealed  that his administration has ensured the payment of N7billion  2013-2019 outstanding counterpart fund to the Universal Basic Education Commission( UBEC)  which has allowed the state to intervene in the provision of critical infrastructure for the education sector.

“Our intervention has been instrumental to the resucitation of the near collapse of our education infrastructure across the state

” We have also been able to improve on the infrastructional materials while enhancing the capacity of our educational  managers particularly the teachers in order to meet the contemporary challenges of our educational needs”.

In an address the Executive Secretary of the National Basic Education Commission Dr Halibu Boboye directed all states of the Federation to immediately commence the programme because: “It is the key to achieving improved standard of education in the country”.

Boboye who was represented by the Deputy Executive Secretary (Technical) Dr Mansir Idris Said  a team to monitor  teaching and learning in  schools  across the country has been established saying that the policy will lead to the  repositioning of educational sector for greater performance in the country .

Niger state Chairman of the  Universal Basic Education Board Dr Isah Adamu said  “To ease the challenges faced by the field Quality Assurance Officers at the Zonal level, the Board has procured and distributed 17 Bajaj Motorcycle for continuous quality assurance monitoring, 5 Laptops, Desktops, Photocopiers and UPS for report writing.

In addition Adamu said  a Hilux Van was purchased for continuous quality assurance monitoring at the Board Headquarter”.

The training has as it’s theme “Effective School Evaluation: Panacea for Improving Learning Outcomes and Strengthening of the School System”