The Edo State government has distributed 25 motorcycles to Quality Assurance Officers in the 18 Local Government Education Authorities (LGEAs) across the state.
Executive Chairman of the State Universal Basic Education Board (SUBEB), Dr Joan Osa Oviawe, who disclosed this to journalists in Benin said the distribution of the motorbikes to LGEAs will strengthen the implementation of the state’s education sector transformation programme.
“Our quality assurance officers are now more empowered to visit schools daily for monitoring and inspection. These motorbikes will further enhance their work,” she said.
“What we are seeing today is part of efforts by the Governor Obaseki-led government to tap from the federal government’s counterpart funding. Such grants made the purchase of these motorbikes possible.”
She said the purchase was made possible with the collaboration of the Universal Basic Education Commission (UBEC) and Edo State government.
“Initially, 18 motorbikes were distributed in the first phase to each of the LGEAs and today, 25 additional motorbikes were distributed,” she said.
On her part, the Edo State Coordinator of UBEC and a Quality Assurance Officer, Mrs Beatrice Okei, said the monitoring exercise was to improve and guarantee quality teaching and learning in primary and junior secondary schools across the state.
“We expect the Quality Assurance Officers who could not visit their various schools to take advantage of these motorbikes to carry out their schedules in their various LGAs and give feedback to stakeholders in the basic education sector,” she stated.
