Authority of the Nigerian Federal Capital Territory administration, FCTA, has charged public private schools within the nation’s capital to continue to comply with its accreditation process.
The Administration gave the hint during the presentation of the 15th Batch Accreditation Certificates to Public and Private Schools in the FCT.
Making his remark, the Secretary Education Secretariat, Sani Dahir El-katuzu, pleaded with school proprietors not to view the charges been paid for the accreditation as an unnecessary burden, adding that,” Education is a partnership activities which means, education for all ,also the responsibilities of all, so the stipends is to ensure both partners participate effectively in their respective responsibilities in carrying out their various objectives.
“We hope proprietors should not consider this charges as double taxation or unnecessary burden.
“It is worthy of note that the efforts made by private proprietors of schools in complementing government desire in providing education to the teeming populace of Federal Capital Territory is not in vain.”
Earlier, the Acting Director, Department of Quality Assurance, Mrs Magdalene Uzoanya said, “Accreditation as a Quality Assurance Instrument is a process that assesses the mission, goals, resource availability, performance and effectiveness of schools vis-à-vis the FCT Guidelines on the Establishment and Operation of Educational institutions and National Minimum Standards.
Uzoanya explained that it “involves the use of experienced Educationists to ensure professionalism, transparency and credibility of the exercise. The use of this calibre of evaluators is to facilitate strict adherence to the required minimum standards.
According to the Acting Director, “In the last exercise 72 schools were visited during the exercise, 62 schools met up with 67% and above in all the four thematic areas to get Full Accreditation.
She further said Six schools failed to score 67% in one of the four thematic areas and got Provisional Accreditation. Four schools failed to score 67% in two or more of the four thematic areas and were Denied accreditation.
“Schools that avail themselves of the opportunity of accreditation not only impact positively on their students’ performance but also derive sustained continuous improvement and maintenance of standards to meet the strict standards,” she added.
