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  • Nasarawa to train 2,140 teachers on classroom management

    The Nasarawa State Government will train its 2,140 newly engaged teachers on classroom management before deploying them to classes, Alhaji Tijjani Ahmed, the Commissioner of Education, said on Wednesday in Lafia.

    Ahmed told our correspondent that the teachers would be trained on the rudiments of managing classroom situations to acquaint them with effective skills to cope with students and pupils.

    “The training will last for two weeks; it will focus on building capacities for effective service delivery.

    “Most of those recruited are just fresh from schools; there is a differences between what they were taught in school and the experience in class.

    “As trained teachers, most of them did teaching practice while in school, but they were not in charge of the classes because of the presence of the permanent teachers,” he said.

    The commissioner disclosed that the newly engaged teachers were offered one-year employment.

    “After the one year probation period, the ministry will interview them again and offer permanent and pensionable appointments to those qualified,” he said.

    He said that teachers with degrees would be paid N25,000 per month, while those with NCE would be paid N20,000.

    On security, he said that measures had been adopted to secure boarding schools, and advised proprietors of private schools to equally beef up security in their schools.

    NAN

  • Nasarawa suspends board secretary for alleged missing fund

    Nasarawa suspends board secretary for alleged missing fund

    The Nasarawa State Government, on Friday, said it had suspended the Secretary of the state scholarship board, Abdulwahab Suleiman for alleged missing of fund.

    Mallam Mohammed Abdullahi, the Secretary to the Nasarawa State Government (SSG), made this disclosure in a statement he made available to newsmen in Lafia.

    He said the suspension, which took immediate effect, would give room for the repositioning of the board to enhance effective service delivery.

    When the agency contacted both the suspended secretary and Mallam Tijjani Ahmed, the state Commissioner for Education for their reactions, the duo declined comments on the matter.

    The two government officials, however, said they would not say anything on the issue since the police had started investigation into the matter.

    The state Police Public Relations Officer, DSP Idrisu Kennedy, confirmed that the case had been reported to the state police command and investigation had since commenced.

    NAN

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  • Nasarawa to deploy security operatives to schools

    Nasarawa to deploy security operatives to schools

    Nasarawa State Government would soon provide security in more than 400 public schools to protect students, teachers and facilities from hoodlums.

    The state’s  Commissioner for Education, Alhaji Tijjani Ahmed, said.

    Ahmed made this known in an interview with the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) in Lafia on Tuesday.

    According to him,  the government is taking proactive measures to safeguard schools in view of
    rising rate of  kidnapping going on in other states of the federation.

    He said conventional security agencies would complement the efforts of members of Nasarawa State Youths Employment Scheme ( NAYAS ) that would be deployed to public primary and secondary schools.

    He added that “NAYAS officials would be deployed to over 400 public secondary schools and primary schools in the state.

    “The state government believes that the combined efforts of security provided by Parent Teachers Association( PTA ), the conventional security agencies and NAYAS should be able to properly secure our schools.”

    Ahmed disclosed that the state Governor, Alhaji Tanko Al-Makura, had already approved the erection of parameter fencing in all public schools.

    He further said that more than 3,000 chairs would be distributed to public schools apart from 7,000 mattresses and 3,500 beds worth N222 million that would go to 28 boarding schools in the state.

    The commissioner added that the government would soon distribute registers, scheme of work, dossiers, and other instructional materials to schools.

    He explained that government had evolved machinery to ensure effective supervision of teachers and school heads to ensure high standard in the education sector, attributing  the failing standard of education in the state to the lack of supervision.

    He said “all area offices are directed to go round schools unannounced to put everybody on his or her toes.

    “Defaulting staff members would be duly sanctioned  in line with civil service rules and regulations.”

  • Nasarawa embargoes employment of non-academic staff

    Nasarawa embargoes employment of non-academic staff

    The Nasarawa State Government has placed embargo on the employment of non-academic staff in three of its tertiary institutions.

    Commissioner of Education Tijjani Ahmed, disclose this during a tour of Nasarawa State Polytechnic, Lafia, on Thursday.

    “In the course of my tour of College of Education, Akwanga, College of Agriculture, Lafia, and the polytechnic, I discovered that the non-academic staff outnumbered the academic staff.

    “This situation is not healthy for a higher institution to have more non-teaching staff than teaching staff.

    “Therefore, as from now henceforth, no head of any tertiary institution in the state should employ any non-teaching staff till further notice.’’

    Ahmed explained that the government would give priority to the employment of more academic staff in order to meet up the necessary requirements for accreditation of courses in the three institutions.

    He directed all the institutions to write formally to the government through the ministry on the number of academic staff required in all departments for consideration.

    The commissioner also directed all heads of tertiary institutions in the state to capture all the challenges confronting them in the 2018 budget proposal, for onward submission to the house of assembly.

    Dr Silas Gyar, Rector of the polytechnic, said that lack of accreditation was the major challenge facing the institution.

    Gyar expressed gratitude to the state government for acquiring land for the school and building first set of hostels since the establishment of the institution in 2011.

    He appealed to the state government to increase the institution’s funding to enable it settle outstanding salaries and allowances of staff.

  • Nasarawa to employ 2,600 teachers – Commissioner

    Nasarawa to employ 2,600 teachers – Commissioner

    The Nasarawa State Government on Friday said it had concluded plans to employ 2, 600 degree and National Certificate in Education (NCE) holders to teach in its public schools.

    Mr Tijjani Ahmed, the Commissioner for Education, told the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) in Lafia that the recruitment was aimed at injecting new hands to further re-position the education sector.

    According to the commissioner, the degree holders in education are to teach in the secondary schools, while those with NCE will teach in the primary schools.

    “Arrangement has already reached an advanced stage to employ 2,600 teachers in both primary and secondary schools.

    “In the next few weeks, before the beginning of next academic session, the teachers will be engaged and posted to various schools,” he said.

    Ahmed said that the government recently promoted over 6,000 teachers in a bid to ensure career progression; with some of them getting double promotion.

    He said that the ministry had set the machinery in motion to sanitise the education sector in the state for better service delivery.

    The commissioner said that the ministry would soon go out to supervise the activities of private schools in the state.

    He advised private school owners operating in the state to either renew their licence or register and get approval from the ministry, in order to avoid sanction.

  • Nasarawa to close unregistered private schools

     

    The Nasarawa State Government says he will shut private schools discovered to be operating without its approval.
    The Commissioner for Education, Mr Tijjani Ahmed, disclosed this on Monday to the correspondent of the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) in Lafia.
    Ahmed said the unregistered schools were discovered following a census conducted recently by the ministry.

    He added that the names of the affected schools would soon be made public.
    The commissioner also noted that some schools were operating within un-conducive environments where there were no spaces for pupils to recreate and others in uncompleted buildings.
    “All defaulting private schools that are yet to pay their yearly fees must do so before the end of April to avoid sanctions.
    “It is no longer going to be business-as-usual where some people will short-change government by not paying the charges due to it.
    “Proprietors of private schools should strictly adhere to the guidelines for the establishment and operation of such ventures as stipulated by the state government.
    “The ministry has already circulated a notice to owners of all the private schools in the state informing them of an upward review of the registration fees for new schools and renewal fees for existing ones.
    “We give all private schools up to April 30th to update their records and those operating illegally should come to the ministry for proper documentation and payment or face sanctions,” he said.
    Ahmed said that the ministry had constituted a taskforce to go round to enforce the directive.