The executive secretary of the Universal Basic Education Commission (UBEC), Dr Hamid Bobboyi, has disclosed that the commission has trained 137 education secretaries of local government universal essential education authorities in the south-west.
Speaking during the training session, he said that the strength and development of the country’s educational system rests on the quality of primary education.
According to him, the secretaries’ roles in implementing primary education are too crucial to be taken for granted.
“He said the commission trained education secretaries within the southwest region on the 2023/2024 Teacher Professional Development (TPD) programme in Ibadan between November 18-22, 2024.
Represented by UBEC’s zonal assistant director, Mr Olusegun Akere, he said the role of education secretaries in basic education implementation was too crucial to be taken for granted, hence the need for them to pay adequate attention to training.
Bobboyi assured them of the commission’s continued support in improving their knowledge and skills in educational management.
He noted that they are the administrative and professional heads of the local government education authorities and are primarily expected to ensure that the primary schools in their domains are run efficiently.
“They are to ensure that whatever is required for schools under them to perform effectively is provided. With these responsibilities, they deserve the professional support they need from the State Universal Basic Education Boards and the Universal Basic Education Commission, among others.
The executive chairman of Oyo State Universal Basic Education Board, Dr Nureni Adeniran, said in a goodwill message that the training was aimed at enhancing the capacities of education secretaries as education managers at the grassroots, in line with the UBE operational guidelines towards effective implementation of the 2023/2024 Teacher Professional Development (TPD) programme.
He assured education secretaries in the state of the board’s continued support, especially in training that will improve their knowledge and skills in educational management.
Adeniran stressed that education secretaries are closest to the schools, which were the end recipients of the Commission and the Board’s services.
