From left, Commander Nigerian Army Education Corps, Major-General M.M. Bunza; Executive Secretary, Universal Basic Education Commission (UBEC), Dr Hamid Bobboyi ; Minster of Environment, Dr Mohammed Abubakar and the Commandant, Nigerian Military School Brigadier-General. B. H. Mohammed.
Executive Secretary, Universal Basic Education Commission (UBEC), Dr Hamid Bobboyi, has said teaching and learning in the nation’s school system must emphasise skill acquisition, stressing that Nigerian children need basic skills to survive in an increasingly competitive world.
Dr Bobboyi who spoke as special guest at the Nigerian Military School 2019/2020 academic session passing out parade and inauguration of the Universal Basic Education Vocational Centre, maintained that basic skills remained pivotal for every child at the basic level.
He explained that the conduct of training in the Nigerian Military School (NMS) involved military and academic activities each session, noting that most successful business owners and entrepreneurs in Nigeria started by acquiring a vocational skill or training that was in high demand in the society.
He said vocational education would assist individuals in better performance of their jobs as they acquire learning experience, explaining that vocational education was introduced by the commission to address the out-of-school challenge in some states of the federation.
Head, Public Relations Office and Protocol of UBEC, Mr David Apeh, also quoted Dr Bobboyi as saying that the move was to integrate the boy-child into basic education for quality and sustainable knowledge.
The Nigeria Military School came into being on May 20, 1954 with an initial intake of 30 boys known as “the first platoon”.
With the introduction of the new policy of education, the school now runs a six-year training programme broken into junior and senior secondary classes of three-year duration each.
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