Sokoto, – The All Nigeria Conference of Principals of Secondary Schools (ANCOPSS) has urged the three tiers of government to adopt UNESCO standard of allocating 26 per cent of annual budgets to education.
The Sokoto State ANCOPSS Chairman,Sokoto State Alhaji Abdulahi Marafa, told newsmen in Sokoto on Wednesday that such allocations should also be released regularly.
“Doing so will make the three tiers of government to realise their aims of bolstering the education standard in the country which had since nose-dived.
“This will also help greatly in boosting the provision of schools’ infrastructure like structures, facilities, library materials and other sundry needs,’’ Marafa said.
According to him, corporate organisations should do more to complement the efforts of the government in funding education at all levels.
Marafa, the Principal of Sani Dingyadi Unity Secondary School, Farfaru-Sokoto, said organisations like commercial banks and wealthy parents should assist in funding education at all levels.[pro_ad_display_adzone id=”70560″]
“Development partners and other crucial stakeholders should also do more in the above direction as the era of leaving the funding of the sector to the government alone has passed.
“There should be strict enforcement of the subsisting fiscal regulations to ensure transparency and accountability in expending funds meant for the funding of education,’’ Marafa said.
The chairman further called for more realistic educational policies which should be easily and diligently implemented, while decrying inconsistency and routine policy somersaults in the sector.
He also called for the recruitment of competent and qualified teachers as well as their training and retraining.
“The government should also ponder on re-introducing certain motivations to the teachers like responsibility and hard-line allowances.’’ (NAN)
