By Kabir Muhammad
Abuja – Alhaji Musa Maikasua, the Acting Secretary, FCTA Education Secretariat, has expressed optimism that the 2015/2016 WAEC result of the FCT will be better than that of the previous session.
Maikasuwa said this when he paid an unscheduled visit to some primary and secondary schools as students/pupils resumed for the 2016/2017 academic session on Monday in Abuja.
“I think for this year, the result is sorted and released to the secretariat but I am sure anytime from now, we will receive it from WAEC office.
“But certainly, it is going to be better than that of last year and I believe everybody is set now to make sure that the sky will be the starting point not the limit.’’
He said he was very pleased with what he had seen on the turnout of the students/pupils at the various schools visited.
“Because when you look at the situation early this morning, it was very disturbing; it rained heavily but in spite of that, students and pupils were able to come to school.
“At the primary schools, children were seen moving around and at the secondary schools, even though the classes were not filled up, the turnout was impressive.
“This shows that everybody is fully ready for academic activities.
“The change agenda is moving into our system and I believe we should be able to move with the time; if you did not change, change will change you.’’
The acting secretary urged teachers to, as a matter of urgency, get set as the students were ready.
He noted that as teachers had pre-resumption meetings in all the schools, they were expected to have prepared their lesson notes and scheme of work, indicating their readiness too.
“You can see some of them already in the classes, and they should of course be more serious.
“FCT is the Centre of Unity and we are always ready to accept pupils anytime they come.
“Change must begin with everybody; so, the principals must start it and we believe at the end of the session, there is going to be an excellent result.’’
He said that the visitation would be sustained, adding that the same exercise was ongoing on at the various zonal levels simultaneously.
Maikasuwa also said that the secretariat would organise learning at communities in the various zones.
Meanwhile, most of the students and pupils who spoke with the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) said they were happy to resume school.
The schools visited included Junior Secondary, Wuse, Festival Road Primary School and Government Secondary School, Garki all in Abuja.