Aside from school construction and renovation, our main focus in this new era is monitoring and supervision, according to the Kogi Education Commissioner.
Hon Wemi Jones Kogi State Commissioner for Education Science and Technology, says his Ministry’s job in this new administration will be to focus primarily on school monitoring and oversight.
The Commissioner made the remark in an interview with Newsmen, saying that after achieving so much in terms of educational infrastructure, the Ministry will work to improve the Inspectorate division.
Hon Wemi Jones Kogi State Commissioner stated that the State Government, under the leadership of Alhaji Usman Ahmed Ododo, is committed to supporting the development of new schools as well as refurbishment, but highlighted that the aspect of monitoring will be more prominent.
We want to focus more of our efforts on investigating the private schools. The secondary schools in terms of how our teachers behave and the lessons they impart to our kids.
We are not going to stop anyone who has the means to construct schools. However, after constructing and hiring educators. As our primary priority, we must ensure that the facilities and equipment are directed towards improving the curriculum.
As our new primary objective, the Ministry will now be more concerned through our Inspectorate division and monitoring division to verify the content and calibre of instruction that is provided to our pupils in schools.
The Commissioner of Education revealed that his Ministry will watch out for private schools coming forward.
While the State Government has made it a policy to pay WAEC, JAMB and other fees for students. The idea is not about paying the fees to serve as a relief to parents. Our emphasis with the monitoring and supervision is for our students to be taught well so as to pass the various examinations the State Government is paying for with flying colours and good grades”.
” Parents will also get the positive impact of what the government is doing through the payment of all examination fees for public schools in the State when their children perform excellently in the various examinations”.
” We want to be deliberate and not to just throw away money through trying to reduce the burden of parents in the payment of examination fees. We are concerned about churning out students who will successfully enter and fill our State Universities that we are building”.
The Commissioner described the education sector of the State as one that was an envy in the last administration, expressed confidence that the present administration of Gov. Ododo is committed to building on the legacies, as well as surpass previous achievements.
