Taraba State authorities has accomplished the cost of the 2025 Nationwide Examination Council (NECO), West African Examination Council (WAEC), Fundamental Schooling Certificates Examination (BECE) and the Nationwide Enterprise and Technical Examination Board (NABTEB) for college kids in public colleges throughout the state, price over N4 billion.
The cost is a continuation of the free and obligatory schooling coverage launched by Governor Agbu Kefas since his assumption of workplace in 2023.
The commissioner for Schooling, Dr Augustina Yahaha, disclosed this on Thursday to LEADERSHIP Friday.
He spoke concerning the ministry’s actions and the governor’s efforts to make schooling free and obligatory for the kids within the state.
The commissioner mentioned cost of the 4 completely different examination our bodies, price no less than 4 billion naira, has delayed the total provide of desks and different related studying supplies to college students throughout the state’s public colleges.
The commissioner said this in response to latest publications that the scholars from the state had been sitting on the ground to put in writing examinations.
“With free schooling, 1000’s of youngsters return to our public colleges in Taraba state. The variety of desks and different studying supplies was not sufficient. That was why final 12 months, the governor ordered the development of extra desks within the colleges, which we offered for greater than 12,000 college students in 2024.
“This 12 months, 2025, we nonetheless wrote to him about shortages of seating supplies. Having gone spherical the faculties, the governor once more accredited one other 12,000 desks for the kids. We additionally produce other challenges within the schooling sector, similar to remaining 12 months examinations. They had been additionally knocking at our doorways. We now have to prioritise one factor first earlier than the opposite.
“Now that we’re completed 100% with all the ultimate 12 months examinations, we’re going to take the supply of seating supplies significantly. Within the subsequent few weeks, the scholars can have a superb variety of seating supplies throughout all the general public colleges within the state. The commissioner said.
Augustina additional revealed that the Nationwide Council of Schooling has abolished the first college certificates since 2023. She urges dad and mom within the state who’re clamouring for the first college leaving certificates to desist from making circumstances concerning the certificates, stating that the certificates is not obtainable throughout the nation.
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