EDUCATION: No alternative to fixing basic education – UBEC boss
The new Executive Secretary of Universal Basic Education Commission (UBEC), Dr. Hameed Bobboyi, has said that there was no alternative to fixing basic education, thus calling on governors and other relevant stakeholders to join force with the Federal Government to revamp the basic education sub-sector.
Speaking at the headquarters of the commission in Abuja, on his first day in office, Dr. Bobboyi said that basic education remains key to achieving the needed quality education and production of critical mass of manpower to drive government’s development agenda.
While acknowledging multiple challenges confronting basic education sector in Nigeria. Bobboyi expressed confidence that the much-desired quality basic education would be realised, if only all relevant stakeholders worked together towards achieving that.
“We cannot get it right without properly laying a solid foundation for the growth and development of basic education in Nigeria. Yes, basic education is on the concurrent list but we all need to work collectively to revamp the sector. I understand that the Federal Government has done a lot through UBEC and we will sustain that, and also meet with the state governments and relevant stakeholders in this regard for the inputs,” he said.
The new UBEC boss, however, pledged to give priority attention to the welfare of staff of the Commission, while also urging them to continue to discharge their duties with utmost level of patriotism, honesty and hard work.
Meanwhile, the former Executive Secretary of UBEC, Dr. Suleiman Dikko, in his remark identified ted low access to matching grant by some state governments as major challenge of the commission, noting that the current administration had made remarkable improvement in access of the intervention funds by some state governments.
Speaking at the headquarters of the commission in Abuja, on his first day in office, Dr. Bobboyi said that basic education remains key to achieving the needed quality education and production of critical mass of manpower to drive government’s development agenda.
While acknowledging multiple challenges confronting basic education sector in Nigeria. Bobboyi expressed confidence that the much-desired quality basic education would be realised, if only all relevant stakeholders worked together towards achieving that.
“We cannot get it right without properly laying a solid foundation for the growth and development of basic education in Nigeria. Yes, basic education is on the concurrent list but we all need to work collectively to revamp the sector. I understand that the Federal Government has done a lot through UBEC and we will sustain that, and also meet with the state governments and relevant stakeholders in this regard for the inputs,” he said.
The new UBEC boss, however, pledged to give priority attention to the welfare of staff of the Commission, while also urging them to continue to discharge their duties with utmost level of patriotism, honesty and hard work.
Meanwhile, the former Executive Secretary of UBEC, Dr. Suleiman Dikko, in his remark identified ted low access to matching grant by some state governments as major challenge of the commission, noting that the current administration had made remarkable improvement in access of the intervention funds by some state governments.
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