The Niger State Universal Basic Education Board (NSUBEB) says it has returned 224, 879 out-of-school children to classrooms through Better Education Service Delivery for All (BASDA) from 2019 to date.
NSUBEB Chairman Sai’du Ibrahim announced this at a news
conference on Wednesday in Minna, saying that those returned were mostly girls
and Almajira children.
He said that the board paid N400 million as outstanding four
months BASDA arrears to 400 local facilitators targeted at addressing issues of
out-of-school children in the state.
Ibrahim said that 87 technical staff of the board were
trained to build their capacity on effective monitoring for better performance
as well as improve basic education in the state.
The chairman said that Gov. Abubakar Sani-Bello of the state
approved payment of more than N2 billion for 2019, 2020 and 2021 backlog of the
Universal Basic Education Commission (UBEC) funds.
He said that the board recently established 24 additional
junior secondary schools across the three senatorial districts and three
primary schools, procured and distributed weekly registers, diaries, admission
registers and chalk for schools across the state.
He added that the board recently reintroduced monthly
payments of imprest to education secretaries and recruited teachers to fill the
manpower gaps in some local government areas.
He also said that plans were underway to establish modern
science primary schools starting with four local government areas as pilot.
He added that some staff of the board would be sent to Sokoto
State to learn from the state how successfully the project was implemented.
Ibrahim noted that the board would continue to prioritise
the welfare of staff through training and retraining for better performance,
adding that all pending issues bordering the board had been addressed.
He, however, commended Gov. Sani-Bello for providing
enabling environment for the board to operate, adding that the board would
prioritise effective monitoring and supervision of schools in 2023. NAN
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