NSSEC urges improved funding of senior secondary schools

Chairman, Board of Trustee of National Senior Secondary Education Commission (NSSEC), Dr Nimota Akanbi, has called for improved funding of senior secondary schools in Nigeria, saying no commission functions well without proper funding.

 She spoke in Abuja at the end of a two-day retreat for members of the Board and management staff of the commission.

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She said the senior secondary education had been an orphan before the commission was established.

She said a new national policy on senior secondary education to enable students to compete favourably with their counterparts across the globe. 

Akanbi said the retreat was to promote synergy between the board and the management.

Executive Secretary, NSSEC, Prof. Benjamin Abakpa, said the commission had engaged teachers in masters training because they are the foundation of successful quality education, saying “When teachers teach well it will eradicate cultism, malpractice and other vices.”

He however noted that even with good teachers, when resources are not available, effective learning will not take place.

“We’ve gone round and seen some of the challenges in school. We noticed that the teachers/students ratio is high with teachers teaching students that are more than class capacity,” he said.