The Edo Government is to introduce Information Communication Technology (ICT) as a subject in public primary schools in the state as part of efforts to change the face of primary education, an official said in Benin City on Tuesday.
The Chairman, Edo State Universal Basic Education Board (SUBEB), Chief Stephen Alao, told journalists that the initiative was aimed at exposing pupils in their formative years to the best practices in basic education.
He noted that as the foundation of the education, primary education should be qualitative for pupils to have smooth progress in their education.
Alao said the present administration in the state is passionate about sound basic education.
“There is no reason why all public primary schools in the state will not have ICT since government is determined to give qualitative education to the people,” he said.
Alao said that the state government was also improving the quality of teachers in the state by training and re-training them.
He added: “If we have well-modeled schools without well tutored students, of course, we are not going anywhere.”
He said that the board was worried that some teachers were rejection postings to rural areas, promising adding that the “anomaly” will soon be corrected.
The SUBEB boss said schools with too many teachers would be decongested as surplus teachers would posted to other schools.
“The issue had been a major challenge to the board and posting will not be done to favour any particular local government area,” he promised.
Alao also promised that the board would address the overpopulation of pupils in some schools and renovate those yet to be reached by the state government as they will be captured in the state’s 2014 budget.
He, however, appealed to the authorities of the schools that had already been renovated or upgraded to take good care of the facilities
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