NIEPA, UNICEF partner on improving education in Adamawa
The National Institute for Educational Planning and Administration (NIEPA) in collaboration with the United Nations Children Fund (UNICEF) has reaffirmed commitment to strengthening the educational sector in Adamawa and country at large.
Dr David Shofoyeke, NIEPA’s Director General stated this at the two day inception meeting for the development of 10 years’s Adamawa State Education Strategic Plan (SESP), State Education Sector Operational Plan (SESOP) in Gombe.
Shofoyeke who was represented by Dr Opeyemi Oyekon, Assistant Chief Training and Research Fellows said this is to ensure their plans, strategies and policies are not only visionary but actionable and impactful.
“Education remains the bedrock upon which the future of any nation is built. It is the foundation for sustainable development, economic growth and social progress.
“Today, as we gather here, we reaffirm our commitment to strengthening the educational sector, ensuring that our plans. strategies and policies are not only visionary but actionable and impactful”, he said.
He further urged participants to actively contribute, challenge existing narratives and propose innovative solutions that would drive sustainable change.
“As we embark on this vital journey, let us do so with a shared vision: a vision of an education system that is inclusive, gender responsive, climate resilient and capable of producing future leaders, innovators and change-makers”, he said.
In his address, Dr Garba Pella, Commissioner Ministry of Education and Human Capital Development described the meeting as a vital step towards ensuring education in the state aligned with national standards.
Pella represented by Director Administration, Mr Alhassan Yakubu, assured of continuous partnership and urged participants to contribute positively meaningfully for the development of education and toward successful implementation.
He appreciated government commitment in the education sector and it impacted positively across 21 Local Government Areas in the state.
Mr Stephen Maidugu, Chairman Adamawa Education Working Group in Emergency expressed the need for the contents to align with the state policy documents.
He appealed to the state officials to open up by considering the private schools in the state benefit from government gestures for the benefit of the pupils who were the children of the state.
According to him, some people were seeing private schools as profit ventures instead of seeing them complementing the government for the development of education in the state.
