The Board Member 1 of the Rivers State Universal Basic Education Board (RSUBEB), Hon. Lucky Worluh says the Early Child Education programme instituted by the wife of the Rivers State Governor, Dame Judith Amaechi, is key to problem of poor quality education in the country.

Speaking in an interview with The Tide in Port Harcourt, Hon. Worluh said that the programme provides opportunity for character moulding and development by children in their early years of development.

The Board member 1 also argued that Early Child Education leg the foundation for children in their educational career.

“When you capture them when they are young at that age of three, four, and through a solid foundation, you find out that at the secondary level, the child does not have any other problem”.

He reasoned that the earlier the public schools system adopt this model, the better for the society, stressing that though the Rivers State Governor, Rt. Hon. Chibuike Rotimi Amaechi had captured it in the Model School programme, the situation however required a collaborative effort to ensure its success.

The Board member 1 also said that the wife of the Governor, Dame Judith Amaechi knowing the importance is now addressing it through the Empowerment Support Initiative (ESI).

He argued that because the system is not being practised in other states of the Federation people are now rushing to Rivers State with the view to benefiting from the system.

Hon. Worluh reasoned that, the pressure is impacting so much on government schools in the state.

“It must be addressed universally in this country for us to have the answer because we are having influx of people from the neighbouring states every day, every time to our school”, he said.

He said that the Federal Ministry of Education has to adopt Early Child Education as a solution to the poor educational development of the country.

According to him, “if emergency would be declared on early child Education in this country, it will solve our problem”, he said.

The Educationist therefore stressed the need for another look at the Universal Basic Education Commission (UBEC) law to address the problem.