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From Fred Ezeh, Abuja
Executive Secretary of Universal Basic Education Commission (UBEC), Dr. Hamid Bobboyi, has reiterated the commitment of the Federal Government to provision of quality and inclusive basic education in the country.
Bobboyi spoke during capacity building workshop for select teachers on inclusive education delivery in basic education institutions in Nigeria held in three centres, namely, Delta, Kaduna and Nasarawa states.
According to him, Nigeria could not attain the Sustainable Development Goal (SDG-4) which focuses on Access to Equitable, Quality and Inclusive Education, at basic education institution in the country without deliberate commitment to providing access to quality education for special needs people including Nigerian children living with disabilities.
He disclosed that a total of 382 teachers were selected for the train-the-trainers capacity building in Delta, Kaduna and Nasarawa States, respectively, from 382 schools across the country on inclusive education principles, ideologies, and processes.
Meanwhile, the spokesperson of UBEC, Mr David Apeh, in a statement released in Abuja, on Monday, said the Commission appreciated the facilitators for their efforts to deliver the content of the capacity building programme to the state officers especially teachers.
He said the Commission had already developed guidelines for the implementation of inclusive basic education in Nigeria, the training manual, and the facilitators guide.
He added that as part of the commitment, the Commission undertook the Needs Assessment in the efforts to begin the process of implementation of inclusive education in the country.
He said: “After the Needs Assessment, the many needs documented in the schools included, but not limited to the need for the provision of new infrastructure, renovation, special furniture, special education teachers, assistive technologies to ensure total child friendly environment.
“However due to limited resources it would not be possible to address all the challenges identified at the same time. Therefore, the Commission decided to prioritize them, and provision of assistive technologies was first among the list followed by the need for teachers’ capacity building,” he said.
He, therefore, urged the Directors in the Zones, and the key Partner Special Education Desk Officers who are States Universal Basic Education Boards (SUBEB) representatives to adequately coordinate teachers from their respective states to ensure that they pay needed attention to the resource persons for the objectives of the workshop to be achieved.
