Education

Benue SUBEB revives early childhood education in public primary schools

The Executive Chairman, Benue State Universal Basic Education Board (SUBEB), Dr. Grace Adagba, has called on Education Secretaries (ESs) and Early Childhood Care Development Education (ECCDE) desk officers from the 23 Local Government Education Authorities (LGEAs) to rejuvenate early childhood education programmes in all public primary schools across the state.

Adagba during a meeting, emphasised the importance of ECCDE in laying a solid foundation for future learning and underscored the need for improved educational opportunities for Benue children.

She urged the ESs to actively publicise the board’s innovative efforts to establish ECCDE centres in all public schools.

Highlighting a recent directive from the Universal Basic Education Commission (UBEC), Dr. Adagba mandated the establishment of ECCDE centres in all public schools and directed that head teachers begin admitting children aged 2-5 into ECCDE classes starting from the next academic session.

To ensure the successful implementation of these directives, the SUBEB chairman charged the ESs to convene emergency meetings with head teachers to sensitise them on the importance of ECCDE, while urging teachers to work during holidays to facilitate enrollment, admissions, and lesson plan preparations before the commencement of the new academic session.

She further urged the ESs to launch campaigns to promote public schools, highlighting the high standards and quality of education available in basic education schools.

Adagba also suggested organising programmes such as quizzes and debates to showcase excellence and maintaining clean environments in schools to attract learners and parents.

She announced that SUBEB plans to conduct enrollment drive campaigns and sensitisation programmes in the three geo- political zones of the state.

While responding, the ES Agatu, Mrs Helen Ameh and Desk Officer, ECCDE Ado LGEA Mr Brown Ochai, expressed gratitude to Adagba for her efforts to revive the forgotten days of quality basic education and pledged their commitment to working hard to improve basic education in the state.

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