Katsina State Government has made a policy in the education sector concerning the payment of Senior Secondary Certificate Examination (SSCE) fees to the students enrolled in the Public Schools, by introducing a bench mark score of five credits in a Mock Examination sort of for the students to qualify and benefit from such Executive largesse
Worthy of note is that, the administration is poised to provide quality and standard education to the teeming pupil in the state regardless from city or village get access to it
That was why, Education Sector has became one of the priority sector worthy of concentration of His Excellency Rt Hon Aminu Bello Masari by putting all his weight and energy to revive the glory of Katsina State as cradle of knowledge which it is known for, over time and history.
It is very unfortunate, to read how people are showing dissatisfaction with the outcomes of this year's Mock Examination, for the failure of the students to score the required credits which supposedly all the accusing fingers should be on the students.
The government have done its part by providing the manpower, classes and materials. Parents should also do their part to make sure their wards are morally brought up, going to the school regularly and working very hard, to meet the requisites and trudge the hurdles of class work and attitudinal and behavioral needs.
All of us, have an obligation to the education sector, government alone can't make everything excellent in this capital intense and highly demanding sector, in the process of reviving the system, it need our collective inputs to carry out this task. It is my prayers to all, as I commit my pen to paper, that Parents Teachers Association (PTA) would be more than ever before be committed in creating the understanding that would add value to the system in Katsina State, it is an issue that requires our total and complete involvement, if we really want education to progress and be qualitative for the teeming population of the younger generation to compete in the global arena, really, we must get involved. Folding our arms and being neutral will not solve anything.
The past regime has made an effort in the payment of Exams Fees to the teeming students despite of the poor outcomes, thus resulted in, wastage of public fund and very warrysome. The most considerable issue here is that, out of the total number of students that benefited the payment of SSCE Fees during the tenure of the past government, out of their percentage of those who sat both WAEC/NECO and NABTEB of the cumulative five years, only the range of 25% to 30% scored the required papers while the remaining 70% and 75% failed, which means that the payment did not yielded any tangible outcome which, if it had been sorted out would have saved much for others to have a place.
This administration, decided to spend the fund judiciously meant for payment of SSCE in order to revive the system of education instead of paying for the loss which seemingly will bring the desired goals devoid of waste.
The machineries of government, Executive, Legislature and judiciary have a legal right to ascribe policies with consent and approval of the each other. It is prior to the council deliberations on this matters that prompted for execution and implementation.
I just highlighted the functions of the arms of government in order to draw our attention on how the power is being exercised by these machineries of government with out overpowering one another, and remind us that, executives alone have no legal power to made policies with out the consent of other arms.
At this juncture, let me make it clear that, there is different between the issue of drop out students and issue of the students that failed Mock Examination. Drop out students are those student that failed to made their SSCE and end up with nothing after their passing out and decided to mingle and hang around with thugs in the society while the students that failed their Mock Exams, they still have chance to enroll for the second and third chance at their various Secondary Schools to sit again for the Mock Exams inorder to qualify for the SSCE in the subsequent year and benefit the government payment.
To be fair and sincere, between the past and present regime on the issue of education, the past administration has done their best in the payment of the SSCE fees with out tracking and solving the problematic factors (root causes) that thwarted the progress of education across the state, by the coming of this regime in May 2015, it has set several committees on Education with number of term of references, such that problems and needs assessment, in order to find out and bring to the notice of government, the generic factors inhibiting the progress of the education and advise the government on long term measures to address the situation which was instantly applied and bring the issue back on track and effort is in this direction to making it into reality.
I am sure we are all witnessed how the far journey has fared so far, in terms of building of new structures, renovation and remodel, provision of learning and instructional materials, others are laboratory equipments which so far we must admit is as well so good, and something tangible has been achieved in education sector.
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