To address the challenges of the education sector, the Civil Society Action Coalition on Education for All (CSACEFA) has called on the Government to make more budgetary provisions for the sector to meet the UNESCO requirement and at same time asked stakeholders to support goverment in funding the sector.
The Coalition opined that the increase in funding is very necessary to address various challenges facing the sector for transformative impact in the state.
Speaking during the Education Out Loud (EOL) project, Education Summit organized by Civil Society Action Coalition on Education For All (CSACEFA) in collaboration with the Ministry of Primary and Secondary Education, and IMSUBEB yesterday at IMSUBEB Multi purpose hall, the Commissioner for Primary and Secondary Education, Prof. Johncliff Nwadike said that the education of children must be taken seriously, adding that Children represent 20% of world’s population, while 100% of the future of the country lies in education of the children. He insisted that if the education sector is not financed, the state and country at large will have no future and happiness.
Prof Nwadike noted that government cannot do it alone, while calling on individual stakeholders to contribute their quota to the development of education. He frowned at the poor renumeration of teachers by especially private schools.
He called on communities to mobilize efforts in rebuilding their dilapidated schools and protecting them, stressing that alumni associations should come in and support their alma-mata.
He revealed that Imo State government is planning to establish technical colleges across the 27 LGAs. He disabused the minds of those who say, education is a scam, insisting that education develops a people. He urged corporate institutions to deploy their Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR) funds to developing education in the state.
In her comment, the Executive Secretary, Secondary Education Management Board (SEMB), Dame Azubuike Augustina said the Board is doing her best towards ensuring that education receives attention in the state. She encouraged everyone to make contribution to the development of education.
Education Summit: Stakeholders Call For Inrease in Education Funding In Imo
