Nasarawa State Universal Basic Education Board has threatened to arrest and prosecute parents who fail to enrol their children into school in the state.
The Executive Chairman of the Board Dr. Kasim Mohammed Kasim stated this while addressing a press conference as part of activities of education summit organized by the board.
Dr. Kasim Mohammed Kasim said, basic education is a fundamental right of every child, not a privilege and vowed to enforce to ensure that no child is left behind.
The Executive Chairman explained that the board had decided to embark on a massive public enlightenment campaign through town hall meetings and the mass media on the importance basic education to every child in the state.
Dr. Kasim Mohamed Kasim said, they have purchased seven buses for sensitisation to all the nooks and crannies of the thirteen local government areas to enlighten parents and guardians on the need to enrol their children and wards in school.
On the summit, Kasim Mohammed Kasim said the event would bring together stakeholders comprising educationists, government officials, traditional rulers, policy makers, parents, teachers, among others from the International, National and Local scenes.
He noted that the stakeholders would provide solutions to education-related challenges, help improve quality, share best practices and innovations to enhance teaching and learning outcomes in the state.
The Executive Chairman maintained that the board had discovered so many challenges, hampering the quality of education in the state.
He listed some of the challenges to include; substandard school structures, lack of chairs, inadequate teachers, truancy by staff and lack of proper placement of teachers, among others.
He said , the board have redeployed one thousand nine hundreds teachers who were hitherto working as administrative staff back to the classroom, and about 1000 would soon be deployed to fill in the shortage of teachers in our schools.
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