President of the Senate, Dr.
Abubakar Bukola Saraki, has commended the President Muhammadu Buhari-led
Federal Government for adopting the “Every Child Counts” education policy
initiated by his (Saraki’s) administration 10 years ago.
Saraki claimed to have adopted
the policy when he was the Governor of Kwara State.
In a statement signed by his
Special Adviser on Media and Publicity, Yusuph Olaniyonu, on Friday, the Senate President applauded the government for keying
into his decade-old vision for education reform, which was initiated to
resuscitate public education in Kwara State by ensuring an improvement in
teaching quality across the state and building strong educational institutions
in the state through the development of the Ministry of Education, the Teaching
Service Commission and strengthening the State Education Management Information
System, EMIS.
“I commend the Federal Government
for adopting and modifying the ‘Every Child Counts’ programme that we began in
Kwara State in 2008 for the entire country. This shows that this administration
values such time-tested ideas that leave a positive impact on the lives of our
people – especially our young children.
“Right now, our nation is
suffering from a rising epidemic. We have over 10.5million out of school
children across the country. In order to systematically and strategically cut
down on this number, we must work to implement the ‘Every Child Counts’ policy
across the country,” the Senate President stated.
Saraki also emphasised that the
Federal Government must work to ensure that improving the quality of teachers
through constant training and re-education – which was a central focus of the
Kwara State model – must play a central role in the Federal Government’s policy
approach.
“Teachers are the bedrock of our
educational system. The better and more equipped our teachers are, the smarter
and more educationally sound our young children across the nation will be.
Hence, it is important that as we work to build strong educational institutions
through this repackaged policy, we must also work to enhance the individual
capacities of our teachers to meet the demands of a constantly changing world,”
he said.
Saraki called on other states
across the nation to study and emulate the Kwara State model, while also
commending his successor, Governor Abdulfatah Ahmed, for sustaining the model
that his administration began in 2008.
“Right now, we must look beyond
our political affiliations to address the issues that are important to our
people. Other states across the nation should key into the successes of the
Kwara State model, as the Federal Government has done, to ensure that we not
only get our students back in the classrooms but also to improve the quality of
their education through strategic and holistic reforms,” the Senate President
stated.
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