The National Senior Secondary School Education Commission (NSSEC) has vowed to reposition the country’s education system.
The Executive Secretary of the Commission, Dr Benjamin Abakpa said this during a national Advocacy and sensitisation Forum for education stakeholders from Northwest Geo-Political Zone, Held in Kano.
Dr Abakpa said the Commission was working tirelessly in ensuring Senior Secondary Education was fully repositioned, in order that its product can compete with its peers Globally.
Dr Abakpa hinted that the Commission was working toward prescribing a minimum standard that every senior secondary School must attain before operating, be it a private or public school.
The fear of abductions was a major source of concern to students and parents in secondary schools, he declared,; adding that measures were being put in place to ensure that all of such institutions across the nation were safe.
“With the Covid experience, we need to diversify our strategies of teaching, especially by introducing Digital centers, and also by training and retraining of teachers to achieve the set objectives,” he said.
As Dr Abakpa explained it, the meeting was geared toward the sensitisation of stakeholders on the activities of the Commission, with the ultimate aim of synergising with the state government to Achieve the stated Objectives.
In a remark, the Kano State Commissioner for Education, Alhaji Mohammad Sanusi Kiru described the establishment of the commission as a “great milestone” in the development of the Educational Sector.
Alhaji Sanusi Kiru said the Kano state Government would accord all the needed support and cooperation toward ensuring that the stated goals were realised.