NUT PROTEST : WIKE WARNS AGAINST POLITICISING INSECURITY. (PHOTO).

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 NUT Protest : Wike Warns Against Politicising Insecurity The Minister of the Federal Capital Territory (FCT), Nyesom Wike, has warned against politicising insecurity amid protests by the Nigeria Union of Teachers, FCT wing, over the killing and abduction of school staff and children in Oyo State. Teachers stormed the FCTA Secretariat in Abuja to condemn the killing of Michael Oyedokun and to demand the release of abducted pupils and teachers from Community High School, Ahoro-Esinle in Oriire Local Government Area. The FCT minister addressed the protesters on Tuesday, saying the federal government is on its toes working to secure the rescue of the schoolchildren and their teachers. Wike urged protesters to avoid turning the tragedy into a political issue and to give security efforts time to produce results. Chairman of the union in the FCT, Mr Abdullahi Shafa, explained that the nationwide solidarity protest was to condemn the killing of the teacher and abduction of the school chil...

BASIC EDUCATION: EDO GOVT,ENGAGES MOTHERS TO MONITOR STANDARDS+REPORT ERRANT SCHOOL ADMINISTRATORS.{PHOTO}.

Acting Chairman, State Universal Basic Education Board and Special Adviser to the Governor of Edo State on Basic Education, Dr. Joan Osa Oviawe (right); Director, Social Mobilisation Department, SUBEB, Mrs. J.E. Oghedegbe (middle) during a meeting with members of Mothers’ Association in Nigeria, Edo State chapter, in Benin City on Thursday, January 11, 2018.
      The Edo State Government has engaged mothers as key stakeholders in the school system to monitor standards in its renewed effort to strengthen the basic education sector in the state.
Acting Chairman, State Universal Basic Education (SUBEB) and Special Adviser to the Governor of Edo State on Basic Education, Dr. Joan Osa Oviawe, charged the women to be vanguards of quality education in their neighbourhoods, when she received members of Mothers’ Association in Nigeria, Edo State Chapter, in her office, in Benin City.
According to her, the state government’s policy on basic education recognises the role of key stakeholders in assuring standards, especially women, who are closer to primary school pupils and are in a better position to ascertain the quality of tutelage they receive from schools.
She stressed that mothers will be engaged by the state government to monitor how schools adhere to government directives and initiatives in their neighbourhoods and report errant administrators to the board.
Dr. Oviawe added that the state government is committed to providing quality education at the basic school level by upgrading infrastructure, training of teachers and adopting Information Communication Technologies (ICTs) in the curriculum.
She tasked mothers across the state to support SUBEB in ensuring that the state government succeeds in its drive to reform education to deliver results.
Director, Social Mobilisation, SUBEB and Co-ordinator, Mothers’ Association in Nigeria, Edo State Chapter, Mrs. Juliana Ogedegbe, said the association is identifying with the state government’s policy on basic education to ensure that the policy succeeds for the benefit of their children.Mrs. Ogedegbe added that the association will assist the government in improving school enrollment in primary schools and to achieve the objectives of Universal Basic Education. 
Acting Chairman, State Universal Basic Education Board and Special Adviser to the Governor of Edo State on Basic Education, Dr. Joan Osa Oviawe (right); Director, Social Mobilisation Department, SUBEB, Mrs. J.E. Oghedegbe (middle) during a meeting with members of Mothers’ Association in Nigeria, Edo State chapter, in Benin City on Thursday, January 11, 2018.

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