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UBEC, RSUBEB Begin Five-Day Training For School Monitors In Rivers
In a bid to equip quality assurance officers with the necessary skills that would enhance effective performance in basic education institutions and monitoring, the Universal Basic Education Commission (UBEC), and the Rivers State Basic Education Board (RSUBEB) have commenced a five-day capacity training workshop for school monitors drawn from local government education areas (LGEAs) in Rivers State.
The aim of the five-day workshop, which has the theme: “Effective School Evaluation, A Panacea for Improving Learning and Strengthening of the School System”, is among other things, to ensure that quality assurance officers follow standards and behaviours for evaluation of schools in the state.
Speaking at the opening ceremony in Port Harcourt, last Monday, the Executive Secretary of UBEC, Dr Hamid Bobboyi said that capacity building was crucial in other to enhance and develop competencies and skills that would make staff more effective and committed.
Represented by Mr Alabi Baba Asaju, the executive secretary said that it was the reason UBEC has been very passionate and committed towards providing the necessary interventions for states in various facets in the sub-sector.
Bobboyi urged the participants to give the training workshop all the seriousness it deserves because there were a lot of lessons to learn from the facilitators who themselves have worked so hard to put up quality contents that are “fit-for-purpose”, bearing in mind that professional development of education managers must be accompanied by organizational development and improvement in schools.
He used the opportunity to commend the chairman, management, staff and all quality assurance officers for the efforts put in to ensure that effectiveness and efficiency were entrenched in basic education schools in the state.
Also speaking, the Director, Quality Assurance in UBEC, Mal Mansir Idris, said that the assessment of quality assurance officers done in 2017 (first level) training meant to ascertain officer’s understanding of the contents vis-a-vis quality assurance activities saw some officers scoring far below 50per cent mark, adding that the situation called for more proactive measures to assist such officers acquire the desired knowledge and skills for effectiveness.
Represented by UBEC State Coordinator, Mr Isaac Ichenwo, the director said any quality assurance officer who failed to meet up with the required marks after the three levels of training may be recommended for transfer to other departments, and expressed optimism that the outcome of the training would further strengthen their capacity to function effectively.
Declaring the workshop open, the Executive Chairman of the RSUBEB, Ven Fyneface Akah, said the effectiveness of the evaluators in school monitoring would impact and improve the education standards in the state.
Represented by the Commissioner in charge of Administration, RSUBEB, Chief Faith Amaso, Akah warned not to compromise in their responsibilities, saying that they represent the eyes of the board in monitoring the activities and performance of teachers in the various schools across the state.
“Decadence in our schools is as a result of compromise by school evaluators. They represent the board at the grassroots, and their work has tremendous impact on the development of education, if they do their work very well. They should do their work without compromise”, he stated.
Earlier in her address of welcome, the Director, Quality Assurance, RSUBEB, Mrs Edith Jack said the significance of the second phase of the training cannot be over-emphasized, adding that the school evaluators were being equipped for effective school supervision as well as to enable them know what to look out for in performing their responsibilities.
She thanked the executive chairman for his support to the department through regular training, prompt implementation of policies and recommendations, and urged the participants to take the training seriously to improve on their job performance.
By: Akujobi Amadi
Delta State Attorney-General and Commissioner for Justice, Ekemejero Ohwovoriole (SAN) has lamented the increasing rate of human trafficking, especially the girl child in the state.
Ohwovoriole decried the increase in his office in Asaba when the zonal commander of the National Agency for the Prohibition of Trafficking in Persons (NAPTIP), Mr Nduka Nwawenne paid him a courtesy visit.
The Attorney-General stated that it was against the dignity of the state and disheartening to see that Delta State now ranked first in human trafficking, overtaking Edo State.
He stressed the need for stakeholders to tackle the menace, adding that if it was one single victim that was rescued, they would be rewarded for their efforts.
Ohwovoriole stated that young girls were the most vulnerable ones in the issue of human trafficking, stressing that children from poor family backgrounds also fall victim to human trafficking.
While saying that their request for an office space in the state would be looked into, to see how the government could be of assistance to them, he assured them of his ministry’s partnership in the fight against human trafficking.
He said that the Task Force on human trafficking and irregular migration, which he chairs, should be having regular meetings.
Earlier, the Zonal Commander of Naptip, Mr. Nwawenne informed the commissioner that Delta state had overtaken Edo state as the foremost state in human trafficking in nigeria.
He told the Attorney-General that their Zonal Command was the first to be established in Nigeria because of the prevailing issues of human trafficking in the area, noting that ika south was the highest in cases of human trafficking as a result of its proximity with edo state.
Nwawenne appealed to the Commissioner and the State Government to provide office accommodation for their officials to operate in Asaba.
The Nigerian Army said it has arrested 50 suspects, including foreigners, for alleged international job racketeering in Lagos.
The Director, Army Public Relations, Brig. Gen. Onyema Nwachukwu, who addressed journalists in Abuja, on Wednesday, said the suspects were arrested during an operation jointly conducted by the Army and the Nigeria Immigration Service.
He also disclosed that no fewer than 13 criminals were killed and 88 arrested during various operations across 20 states of the federation.
Among those arrested include 50 suspects comprising foreigners who were nabbed for alleged International job racketeering.
Onyema said, “In the South-West region, on November 2, 2023, troops of 9 Brigade Nigerian Army in conjunction with personnel of Nigerian Immigration Service, Lagos State Command, conducted a raid operation on a suspected criminal hideout at Ifako Ijaye.
“During the operation, 50 suspects, including foreigners who specialise in international job racketeering, were arrested. In a similar development same day, the same troops arrested two suspects at a hotel in Ogba in the Ikeja LGA.
“The arrest was in connection with the murder of one Mallam Idris Ardo, the Ardo of Panya Village in Plateau State. Preliminary investigation revealed that one of the arrested suspects masterminded the killing of Ardo and fled the community since the incident occurred.”
An elders statesman and advocate of oil rights in the Niger Delta, Rev Sokari Soberekon, has called on the Federal Government to beef up security for High Court Judges and Magistrates in the country. The iconoclastic doctor of humanities made this plea while addressing newsmen during the just concluded 2023/2024 rededication of the legal year of the Rivers State Judiciary held at the St. Cyprian’s Anglican Church in Port Harcourt last Thursday.
Soberekon stressed the essence of maximised security for Judges and Magistrates in Nigeria to ensure prompt and fearless dispensation of justice, equity and fairplay. He, maintained that apart from armed Police orderlies, the Judges and Magistrates should be legally authorised to keep personal arms for self defence when necessary, adding that this innovative policy would enhance the desired environment for an independent judiciary.
According to the octogenarian minority rights activist, the judiciary is the sanctuary of justice and equity.
He recalled the circumstances surrounding the gruesome murder of the former Federal Attorney General and Minister of Justice, Late. Chief Bola Ige.
Soberekon noted that, in spite of the retinue of official security aides attached to the late former Governor of Oyo State, Ige would not have been murdered if he was personally armed on that fateful day of his demise.
Soberekon emphasised the need to shun eye service in the nation’s polity.
He, however, maintained that the only Oga in politics is God Almighty, who he said uses people to install others in office.
Soberekon recalled the meeting he had with King Alfred Diete-Spiff in Lagos from where the pioneer Governor of the State started planning the blueprint of the old Rivers State.
He said what Rivers State needs now is peace, and applauded the placard with the description, ‘Peace’, displayed during the rededication ceremony.
He noted with delight that while delivering a sermon at the occasion, the Vicar of the church advised Nigerians to give peace a chance and also to build a nation where peace and justice reign.
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