Education
Inadequate Teachers, Tools, Bane Of Education
Lack of adequate
teachers and necessary equipment have been identified to be major challenges faced by most secondary schools currently involved in the on-going Senior Secondary School Certificate Examination (SSSCE) in Ikwerre local government area of Rivers State.
Out of about eight schools The Tide visited, only one, a privately-owned school had what could at best go for a substandard laboratory, while others could only boast of make-shift laboratories.
All the six government owned schools visited in the area have serious cases of dilapidation in all spheres, including lack of desks, staff office, staff quarters, hostel accommodation, laboratories, etc.
Of all the schools however, namely Government Secondary School, Omerelu, Community Comprehensive Secondary School, Apani, Community Secondary School,Elele, OKEH Memorial Comprehensive Secondary School, Elele, Government Secondary School, Isiokpo, Model Girls Secondary School Isiokpo, Anglican Secondary School, Isiokpo and Government Army Secondary School, Elele, the situation is worst in government secondary Schoo, Omerelu.
At GSS, Omerelu, some of the classrooms have been deroofed and what is used as laboratories could at best be shanty.
Although no school authority in this school spoke to The Tide, a concerned chief of Omerelu, Chief David Enyinda, leader of Omuoparaoga community where the school is sited painted a pitiable scenario on the plight of the school.
According to him, at GSS, Omerelu, there are no security and no enough teachers to handle some key subjects.
“The few teachers in this our school are trying but they cannot do everything that is required to build a standard school. Sometimes they even get tired of even teaching in areas they are not specialists because there are no teachers.
“We as a community, we are pleading to government to please come to our aid. For years we’ve been hearing that government has been building secondary schools everywhere in Rivers State, but you can see for yourselves that they did not think we exist. Government should please remember us”, he stated.
The River State Commissioner for Education, Dr Peters Nwagor has called on media practitioners in Rivers State to deploy their various communication platforms toward promoting government programmes and policies aimed at achieving sustainable development in the education sector. Dr. Nwagor made the appeal when members of the Etche Ethnic Practicing Journalists (EEPJ) paid him a courtesy visit in Office in Port Harcourt. The Commissioner emphasized the strategic role of the media in shaping public perception, promoting government initiatives, and supporting policies capable of improving the quality of education and human capital development in the state. According to him, constructive media engagement remains essential in creating public awareness on educational reforms, students’ welfare, infrastructural improvements, and other interventions being implemented by the state government. Speaking on the recent appro
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