The Executive Chairman of the Nasarawa State Universal Basic Education Board, Dr Kassim Mohammed-Kassim, has said that the forthcoming Universal Basic Education Summit is designed to bring together key stakeholders to proffer solutions to education-related challenges, improve quality and share best practices and innovations aimed at enhancing teaching and learning outcomes across the state.
He stated this during a press briefing held at the board’s headquarters in Lafia, the state capital, as part of activities for the summit.
The summit is expected to convene educationists, government officials, traditional rulers, policymakers, parents, and teachers from international, national, and local levels as part of efforts to strengthen collaboration and chart a renewed course for the growth of basic education in Nasarawa State.
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He explained that the board under his leadership had discovered numerous challenges hampering the quality of education in the state.
He listed some of the challenges to include substandard school structures, lack of chairs, inadequate teachers, staff truancy, and improper placement of teachers, among others.
“Already, we have taken a lot of steps towards addressing the identified problems to reposition and improve the standard of basic education in the state.”
“We reported the outcome of our findings to Gov. Abdullahi Sule, and he approved the purchase of 30,000 chairs to be distributed to schools to ensure that every child is comfortable to learn.”
“We have redeployed 1,900 teachers who were hitherto working as administrative staff back to the classroom, and about 1,000 would soon be deployed to fill in the shortage of teachers in our schools,” Kassim Mohammed-Kassim stated.