FCTA Education Secretary call on Public and Private Schools in FCT to comply with its accreditation process

 

 

…presents accreditation certificates to schools

 

 

Favour Ishember, Abuja

 

 

 

The Secretary for Education, Sani Dahir El-katuzu, has call on Public and Private Schools to continue to comply with its accreditation process,  aurged proprietors not to  consider the charges as double taxation or unnecessary burden.

 

El-katuzu made this call during the  presentation of the 15th Batch Accreditation Certificates to Public and Private Schools in the FCT.

 

He pleaded with school proprietors not to view the charges been paid for the accreditation as an unnecessary burden, adding that,” Education is a partnership activities which means, education for all ,also the responsibilities of all,so, the stipends is to ensure both partners participate effectively in  their respective responsibilities  in carrying out their various  objectives .

 

 

“It is worthy of note that the efforts made by private proprietors of schools in complementing government desire in providing education to the teeming populace of Federal Capital Territory is not in vain..”

 

In her welcome address,Acting Dirctor,  Department of Quality Assurance,Mrs Magdalene Uzoanya said, “Accreditation as a Quality Assurance Instrument is a process that assesses the mission, goals, resource availability, performance and effectiveness of schools vis-à-vis the FCT Guidelines on the Establishment and Operation of Educational

Institutions and National Minimum Standards.

 

Uzoanya explained that it “involves the use of experienced Educationists to ensure professionalism, transparency and credibility of the exercise. The use of this calibre of evaluators is to facilitate strict adherence to the required minimum standards.

 

According to the Acting Director, “In the last exercise 72 schools were visited during the exercise, 62 schools met up with 67% and above in all the four thematic areas to get Full Accreditation.

 

She further said Six schools failed to score 67% in one of the four thematic areas and got Provisional Accreditation. Four schools failed to score 67% in two or more of the four thematic areas and were Denied accreditation.

 

“Schools that avail themselves of the opportunity of accreditation not only impact positively on their students’ performance but also derive sustained continuous improvement and maintenance of standards to meet the strict

standards.

 

This she said are in line with the new quality assurance model of the Education Secretariat which seeks to ensure that global best practices are entrenched to bring about improvement in teaching and learning and also deliver high quality education to every Nigerian child. Worthy of note is Blended or Hybrid Learning which is a strategy to bridge the gap created by the CoVID-19 Pandemic which affected Education and indeed other sectors of the economy.

 

She reminded them that,the  fact that the Department of Quality Assurance is vested with the responsibility of regulating the activities of all private schools in the FCT and requires all private schools in operation to be faithful in meeting their

obligations of promptly paying the stipulated Annual Dues each school is expected to pay.”

 

Responding on behalf of the accreditated schools,Notre Dame Girls Academy,like said,it is heartwarming to be accredited by the education body where they operate to enable them continue to improve and maintain the education standard as expected expressing their appreciation to the  Education of FCT Administration pledging their commitment to impact positively.

 

Highlights of the event, was the issuance of the accredited certificates to schools.