The Executive Chairman of the Cross River State Universal Basic Education Board (CR-SUBEB), Dr Stephen Odey, has disclosed that the Board had kick-started a 3-week intensive monitoring exercise to selected primary schools across the state.
Making the disclosure at the weekend in Calabar, Odey said the exercise was going on simultaneously across the three senatorial districts of the state by teams made up of SUBEB Quality Assurance Officers, Local Government Education Authority (LGEA) Quality Assurance Staff, amongst others, adding that the exercise would check absenteeism, loitering as well as ensure effective teaching and learning.
Speaking through the Director of Quality Assurance, Mr Barth Onyi, the SUBEB boss said a total of 180 primary schools, selected from two local government areas (LGAs) from each of the three senatorial zones would be visited.
At the monitoring exercise at Calabar Oil Palm Estate (COPE) Primary School, Pamol, Odukpani local government area, he charged teachers to ensure that pupils from primary 4 to 6 read and write fluently in order to compete with their peers across the country, but frowned at the poor attitude of teachers to work.
In her remarks, SUBEB’s Quality Assurance Evaluator, Mrs Juliana Agwupuye said: “We come to schools early, before the assembly starts to see how the learners are coming in. If they are coming on their own, by foot or are being dropped off by a parent figure.
“We watch out to see late teachers. When the classes begin, we sit through every lesson being taught that day to watch teachers’ engagement with learners. After each lesson, we ask learners questions to see if they have an understanding of the subjects being taught.”
