SUBEBs call for more intervention

The Federal Government and the Office of the Senior Special Assistant to the President on MDGs (OSSAP – MDGs) have been advised to consider the needs of states in their interventions in basic education.

This is one of the resolutions reached at the end of the 13th Quarterly Meeting of Universal Basic Education Commission Management with Executive Chairmen of State Universal Basic Education Boards (SUBEBs) held in Gusau, Zamfara State.
A statement from the Universal Basic Education Commission (UBEC), signed by its Public Relation Officer, Mr. David E. Apeh, said the delegates observed that the exercise books procured by the Office of the Senior Special Assistant to the President on MDGs were yet to be delivered to most states and the FCT.
The delegates said record-keeping and equitable distribution of textbooks still constituted great challenges to SUBEBs, LGEAs and schools.
The delegates observed that UBEC’s support to states and other providers of basic education has resulted in the establishment and equipping of additional schools, provision of textbooks and library resources materials for pupils, students and teachers.
They also noted that the commission was vigorously implementing other components of the present administration’s transformation agenda such as Almajirai, Girl-Child and Boy Child Education Programmes.
The delegates urged SUBEBs and other providers of basic education to step-up sanitation and hygiene in schools to prevent students from contracting Ebola Virus Disease (EVD) and other diseases.

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