Private schools shun FG national personnel audit
Private schools in the FCT on Tuesday shunned the ongoing national personnel audit exercise embarked upon by the Universal Basic Education Commission (UBEC) to collect data of all public and private schools in the country. The high powered team led by the Executive Secretary of Universal Basic Education Commission (UBEC), Dr Hamid Bobboyi and the […]
Private schools in the FCT on Tuesday shunned the ongoing national personnel audit exercise embarked upon by the Universal Basic Education Commission (UBEC) to collect data of all public and private schools in the country.
The high powered team led by the Executive Secretary of Universal Basic Education Commission (UBEC), Dr Hamid Bobboyi and the Chairman Governing Board of UBEC, Dr. Mahmud Mohammed visited LEA Primary School Gwagwalada, Hayil Sa’id Model Primary School Gwagwalada, LEA Primary School Dawaki in Bwari and Government Secondary School Garki.
The team leader of UBEC national personnel audit at LEA Primary School Dawaki in Bwari, Abive Okwah told UBEC delegation that private schools in the area have refused to participate in the exercise.
“We have succeeded in capturing most of the public schools but our challenge is private schools. Most of them refused to participate. In some schools we were not allowed in. Some said that NAPPS did not inform them about the exercise.”
Speaking shortly after the visit, the Chairman Governing Board of UBEC, Dr. Mahmud Muhammad said the exercise has succeeded in public schools.
“So far we are happy. Things are going well especially in the public schools but the only problem came from the private schools whose seems to think that this is the exercise that has to do with taxation and quality of education in their schools”.
According to him, the exercise was entirely on gathering information and get accurate data of public and private schools for the purpose of proper planning.
In his remark, the UBEC’s Executive Secretary, Dr Hamid Bobboyi said UBEC included private schools for the first time to get more information and gather accurate data.
“This is first time in the history of the personnel audit when private schools have been included. Initially in the last two decades it had always been the public schools. We felt that without getting data from private sector we won’t achieve the desired objective.”
When contacted, the FCT President of the National Association of Proprietor of Private Schools (NAPPS), Olushola Bankole said their members did not shun the exercise.
“We didn’t shun the exercise. Our members are in total support of this exercise. We are trying our best to reach out to them to ensure they participate fully in the exercise.”