…Allocates N252 million for re-accreditation of IMT courses
…Okays 12 courts for enforcement of Child Rights Law
The
administration of Governor Ifeanyi Ugwuanyi of Enugu State has approved
and directed the Enugu State Universal Basic Education Board (ENSUBEB)
to recruit additional 1,500 primary school teachers to enhance basic
education in the state.
The administration also approved the sum
of N252,456,917.67 (two hundred and fifty two million, four hundred and
fifty six thousand, nine hundred and seventeen naira, sixty seven kobo)
for the Institute of Management and Technology (IMT) to pursue the
re-accreditation of the institution’s courses whose prior accreditation
had expired.
Briefing newsmen on the outcome of the State
Executive Council’s meeting, the Commissioner for Education, Prof. Uche
Eze, disclosed that the basic requirement for the recruitment is
National Certificate of Education (NCE), adding that the candidates must
have teaching background and would accept to reside and teach in the
rural communities. He stressed that Gov. Ugwuanyi, through his
grassroots development initiatives, has provided in the rural areas,
some amenities that attract people to urban centres.
It would be
recalled that Gov. Ugwuanyi’s administration had recruited over 4000
teachers since its inception, to create jobs and improve the standard of
learning in the state.
According to Prof. Eze, “His Excellency
is committed and determined to ensure that teachers continue to be
available at the basic education level so that our children will benefit
from the investment that the state government is making in the
education sector”.
He explained that “a good number of our
teachers at the primary school level have retired and some lost to
death”, noting the recruitment exercise was to fill the vacuum created
to ensure availability of teachers at the classrooms for effective
teaching and learning.
Consequently, the education commissioner
further disclosed that “the council directed ENSUBEB to make arrangement
for the recruitment of additional one thousand five hundred teachers to
ensure that those who are qualified are appropriately placed so that
our children will continue to benefit”.
On IMT, Prof. Eze stated
that the fund was approved sequel to a presentation by the Governing
Council and management of the institution, which informed the EXCO of
the need for the re-accreditation of the courses on the premise that
“when a course is accredited, after five years, that course needed
re-accreditation”.
He maintained the approval was in line with Gov. Ugwuanyi’s interest in ensuring that IMT is repositioned.
His
words: “You will recall that since the inception of this
administration, His Excellency has invested so much in IMT because he
believes that IMT is the prime institution in this state and that he has
to do whatever it takes to make sure that he brings IMT back to its
former glory.
“You will also recall that last year about N1
billion was invested in infrastructural development. He also released
funds earlier for the accreditation but because accreditation is a
continuous process, as the programmes expire, a re-accreditation is
expected. This is why, His Excellency, at the State Executive Council’s
meeting, saw it as very important to ensure that courses are
re-accredited in IMT”.
In her briefing, the Commissioner for
Gender Affairs and Social Development, Hon. Princess Peace Nnaji, stated
that the state government approved the establishment of 12 courts
(lower and high courts) to deal with issues that concern the
implementation of the Child Rights Law.
Princess Nnaji added that
the council also approved the appointment and inauguration of
formidable men of integrity in Enugu State as members of a committee
that will drive cases that are related to adoption and fostering in
Enugu State, in the newly approved courts.
She further revealed
that the present administration, through the Committee on Adoption and
Fostering headed by Archbishop Emmanuel Chukwuma, has recorded
tremendous achievements in curtailing the excesses of child trafficking,
illegal adoption and baby factory, saying: “Before the Governor of
Enugu State came into office as governor, issue of child/baby factory
was everywhere in the state”.
The gender affairs commissioner
said the governor through the council has equally approved that “we will
have meeting with all the hospitals in Enugu State to make sure that
they key into what we are doing”, under the corporate social
responsibility act.
She pointed out that the adoption committee
through the instrument of the government was “able to stop the nefarious
activities that were going-on at the New Artisan Market, Enugu where
children are being trafficked, sold and engaged in prostitution”,
stating that her ministry is working with the Ministry of Education to
organize seminars and workshops to talk to teenage girls in secondary
schools against lesbianism, prostitution, pornography, etc.
Enugu State is truly in the hands of God! #amokelouis
Source:- Thepunditng
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