Education
RSUBEB Charges Staff On Quality Assurance
The Executive Chair
man of the Rivers State Universal Basic Education Board (RSUBEB), Sir Alli Oruitemeka has urged Quality Assurance Officers of the Board to carryout their duties effectively.
He gave the charge recently at an in-house training workshop for Quality Assurance Officers.
In an address presented by Board Member III of RSUBEB, Dr Clinton Tolofari on his behalf, Sir Oruitemeka noted that training, especially after graduation , “is bound to increase the experience of workers”.
He continued that “the centrality of this training is to prepare and equip Quality Assurance Officers towards practical field work.”
According to him, “This is another way to assess themselves, and above all to see how fit and prepared they are with Millennium challenges, especially Millennium Development Goals (MDGs), Education for All (EFA) and the reforms that have been recorded in the education sector in Rivers State.”
The State RSUBEB Boss further explained that Quality Assurance is basically aimed at ensuring that both teaching and learning are carried out professionally, skillfully, efficiently in schools, in line with the prescribed principles, practice and administration.
This, to me, also implies that Quality Assurance Officers have to ensure that during schools supervision, monitoring and evaluation, the actual teaching is done in consonance with government approved curriculum, national policy on education and other relevant reforms in the system, he said.
While acknowledging that achieving this will be demanding, he noted that “With adequate opportunities offered by this training, the challenges will be surmounted.
On his part, while presenting a paper titled. The Roles, function and responsibility of unions in Quality Assurance Delivery in schools. The NUT perspective, Chairman of Nigeria Union of Teachers (NUT), Chief Godfrey Nwogu stated that a total overhauling of the educational system is important since education is a process of change / modernization, a total overhauling is required to meet its practice to the benefit of mankind and society.
It must be made known that its Standard in terms of Quality are opened to all stake holders, including Labour, of which NUT is at the forefront to access, he said.
In his paper titled “Roles and functions of the media in Quality Assurance Delivery in our schools, Mr Arnold Alex Alalibo advocated for effective collaboration between the Quality Assurance Department and the media, among others, to ensure effective service delivery.
The one – day workshop was organized by RSUBEB, for Education Secretaries, Board Supervisors, Chief Supervisors, Deputy Supervisors Accounts Supervisors, All Nigeria Conference of Principals and Secondary Schools (ANCOPSS) Conference of Primary school Heads (COPSON) Nigeria Union of Teaches (NUT), Nigeria Union of Journalists (NUJ) and Non Governmental Organizations.
The 11th Global President of the Rivers state University Alumni Association (RSUAA), Dr. Marry- Ann Perekebina has praised the Obarijima Waite’s led Postgraduate Students Association(PGA), describing his tenure as ” visionary, transparent and worthy of emulation.
Dr. Perekebina , who spoke with journalists at the sideline of the commissioning of projects embarked by Obarijima Waite’s administration in Port Harcourt, eulogises him for leading a purposeful administration – characterised with team work, love and result.
She maintained, that Obarijima Waite’s have led a purposeful administration that touches on cole values expected of any leader,adding that he has embarked on several projects that will have direct bearing in the lives of PGA students who will make use of the facilities.
“I think it’s worthy of emulation and recognition and he deserves all the accolades. He is a transformational leader who believes in carrying everyone along.” she said.
Also speaking at the sideline, a Postgraduate student of Law and Diplomacy, Edward Olaka, equally lauded the President of PGA, Obarijima Waite, for his visionary and outstanding leadership style, and describing him as “a Square peg in a Square hole”
According to him, the performance of the incumbent President and his team will throw a huge challenge to his successor’s, stressing that their administration will be used as a yardstick to measure whoever that would be coming after them, describing his performance as a commitment and testimony to hard-work built on the fear God.
” This is the handiwork of God, because it is said that when the righteous rules, the people rejoice.”
The Federal Road Safety Corps (FRSC) is set to establish a Driving Training Centre at the University of Port Harcourt, to be domiciled at the Centre for Logistics and Transport Studies, NEMA House.
A team from the FRSC National Headquarters visited the University on Friday, September 12, 2025, to inspect proposed facilities in line with the Driving School Standardization Programme (DSSP) mandatory requirements.
Speaking at the end of the inspection, Corps Marshal, Shehu Mohammed, represented by the Head of Driving School, Mr. Sunday Attah, expressed satisfaction with the standard of facilities available at the institution. He commended the University for its readiness to host the pilot scheme, noting that the Centre will be replicated in other parts of the country in due course.
Earlier, during a courtesy visit to the University Management, the Corps Marshal explained that UniPort was selected to host the pilot project because of its strategic importance to the nation.
Responding, the Vice Chancellor, Professor Owunari Abraham Georgewill, represented by the Deputy Vice Chancellor (Administration), Professor Chukwudi Onyeaso, welcomed the initiative and assured that the University remains open to partnerships that will promote academic excellence and national development.
A scholar and the 119 Inaugural lecturer at the Rivers state University, Prof.Chukwu Sancho Nwobuisi has called on political leaders across the world and Nigeria in particular to be transparent, accountable and lead with the fear of God, bearing in mind that when we depart the earth, we shall take home nothing, except the spirit who shall return back to the maker to give account of how we lived our lives.
Speaking to Journalists shortly after delivering his inaugural lecture on Wednesday in port Harcourt with the topic: ” War and The Dynamics of Ehianomics Economy The Nigerian Experience Who Are The Losers”, called on political leaders and those at the position of trust to think outside the box if they truly want the Nigeria to be great again.
He explained that the topic of the lecture basically is about social ills and how to correct the false narrative affects the system, while maintaining that the system has worsen to the point that the future of our younger generation now in dire danger, due to unemployment ,poor infrastructure,poor healthcare and everyone looking for a means to see ends meet.
The Frontline scholar,regretted that agriculture that used to be the economy main stay of the country is now downgraded due to over dependent on oil revenue, hence the unfortunate social and political crisis found daily in our communities.
” The study looks at the effect, influence and what affects the economy of the nation and how our mindset can change from over dependent on oil”
Prof. Nwobuisi, who didn’t mince words about corruption, maintained that corruption remains a serious challenge that the government needs to mitigate by the institutions saddled with the responsibility to pull the nation out of the menace.
” The way forward is that the nation’s anti-graft agencies must be strengthen to look around us especially on the invasion by the so called Yahoo boys.” Prof. Chukwu said.
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