… Tasks state govt on teacher’s welfare
The National Senior Secondary School Education Commission on Thursday said that the proposed national minimum standards will set benchmarks for the establishment and operation of senior secondary education across the country.
Executive Secretary NSSEC, Dr Iyela Ajayi who disclosed this when he visited some selected secondary schools in Kogi state, said sanctions await any secondary schools that jettison the proposed minimum standard in their operations.
He noted that the minimum standard would significantly reposition the sector, which had suffered neglect and deterioration in terms of staffing, infrastructure and equipment, leading to the production of poor-quality students.
Speaking further, the Executive Secretary appealed to the state governments to prioritize the welfare of teachers to enable them mould the students that are of high standard.
According to him, teachers play significant roles in educational sector, stressing that it has become imperative for state government to focus on capacity building of teachers to enable them impact the desired knowledge on the students.
“If you ignored teachers , you have succeeded in ignoring education. No matter how beautiful the structure of your school is, if there is no teachers then nothing has been done because such school would only be producing students that are of poor quality.
“As a commission saddled with the responsibilities of planing and policy formulation, we will be happy if teachers welfare are not taking with levity that is why we will continue to appeal to state government to prioritize teachers’ welfare” he said
He commended the Principal of GYB Model Science Secondary School Adankolo, Lokoja, Mr Ajofe Godwin Yakubu for maintaining and keeping the school clean at all time.
In his welcome remarks, Kogi state commissioner for education, Wemi Jones who commended the federal government for the establishment of NSSEC to regulate Secondary Schools education, assured that Kogi state would surpass every minimum standard that the commission would set as a bench mark for all senior secondary school in Nigeria.
Highlights of the visit was the inspection of , Government Secondary School Koton-Karfe, GYB Model Science Secondary School Adankolo, Lokoja , Crowther Memorial College and Scintillate School, Lokoja by the Executive Secretary of the commission with his team.
