₦airaland Forum

This is d type of beating dt de call 'blue n black'

7Alexander:
Maybe it's true. Maybe he was really directed to do so.

Some people will come here to call the man all sorts of names, but they are same people that believed that God told Abraham To kill his son. Same people that also believe that God will tell them who to marry.

which kind maybe

And Russians re racists

I will... You already promising





Enough of promises.... I want plans and of coz, am willing,able and ready to articulate bcz is a mata of 'we' and not 'i'

Kseafresh:
so it's safe to say, she can also cheat on you because of ur small d*ck

if d drawer dsnt fetch water from a well, u need not check how short d drawer is but how deep d well is

israelmao:
Was it like this in the North prior to 2015 election?

you know back then everyone was in support of him back then but now it's all divided... Even they too are tired..

NairaMaster1:
Without recommending the supposed heroism of one-term Mandela style, Buhari is the old clothe that a man must stop wearing even if it is his favourite. It has began to lose colour and should be lined up for the museum. Buhari has reached where he should stop and head home to the comfort of peaceful retirement. There is no service that only Muhammadu Buhari can offer this country and new hands should come on board. The flaws are too visible and a burst of new life is needed in Nigerian governance

just imagine if Buhari was president 1999...we wouldn't have had cell phones to use because he will be busy investigating corruption in NITEL before he starts any other thing

Sirheny007:
I wonder what Buhari will say in his campaign.
Is he going to start dishing out empty promises when he has hardly fulfilled 15% of his last promises?


We are watching.

where was you when he said next level

El-rufai has zero facts...

One politician in Nigerian that I know that speaks not just because he wants to speak but speaks with facts is Peter Obi.. He backs every word coming out of his mouth

Smartmanager:
Honestly,am short of words.

you not the only one...

If you know, you know

Angelcatherine:
mbok let them just put an end to this strike,
I'm tired of staying at home already

come to my house... You won't get tired

Which kind of phones we talking of?

Village people

That's why you have to taste d package before buying it

Duck hunt . Using that Terminator game

Na so e easy?

Person no fit just take picture again

enitey:
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ghen ghen

As far as no be general, de won't do ntin

It's a wa

BafanaBafana:
Your fellow Atikulooters have vowed to support Atiku even if he is caught on CNN stealing from the vaults of CBN. I think that's what you should be saying. Not trying to play cover up. You know, I know and Atiku knows that Atiku is corrupt. His boss called him a thief in audio, in video and in a published book. Dude didn't sue for libel (maybe you should help him do that). Instead he went to beg for forgiveness.
And again, no need showcasing Buhari's achievements because it's him vs Atiku. An internationally recognized fraudster. Nigerians don't want such people near power again.

bla bla bla...simple question and you giving me an epistle of explanation.. STFU

BafanaBafana:
Atiku is a thief, even you know it. Because you celebrate criminals where you come from doesn't mean others do.

oga,i said one simple thing... Give us proof... You guys did with Fayose, we no talk because at least you got proofs but it didn't work with him... So give us laid down proofs just as u did with fayose... Is as simple as that... Give us proof abi e hard you?

ManirBK:
The Majority i can see here may not hv been to airport before, did atiku abubakar tells you that when he reached dubai airport he did not followed due process or his belongings were nt search or is only nigeria where big men are above the lawswhat is there in searching his belongings so far as he has nttin in hidden, unless if he has ?? Why must he seek cheap political sympathy ?? Some people in nigeria are bunch of fools that is why this political elite are using and dumping you like women pads... Abeg commot for my road make i pass

your English self fit comot person for road

This guys are becoming confuse as to what to do next... Each step de take backfires... Please let them not run mad o

rexwalters:
Thief of all the 97 presidential candidates atiku is the best you can produce?Jehovah has punished you corrupt minded people in Nigeria,like the wicked children of Israel in the wilderness that turned their hunch backs on Prophet Moses you are damned to perdition. President Buhari will win again.

hahahahhahha....hypocrisy at its peak... Please shift your hypocritical self to a more blinded brainwashed ediot and let me be... Na your type Nnamdi COWnu de like... Wawa

obaataaokpaewu:
Dressing masquerade in Lai Mohammed's ministry of Culture and Tourism

i will just turn to an auto lier.my lying will be charged per second

BafanaBafana:
Mtcheeew!!!
We will continue to search his aircraft anytime he travels. That's how fraudulent people are treated.

give us a detailed report and evidence on him been corrupt but you guys can't... The corruption card isn't working no more on those 2 because you guys know deep down that you guys can't find nothing... So please go and meet el-midget and continue the ethnic thin on his vice since you can't touch him... What dsnt kill you makes you stronger... Put that at the back of your head mofo

So there is a commission like that? Have never seen any one Dia not to talk of thinking that they too employ



Abeg is there any FG work that you just get based on qualification?
Because all I see now a days are all long legs

Classes are overcrowded
Lack of facilities hampers quality education
Why UBEC has not printed books in 3 years
The Local Education Authority (LEA) Primary School, Karmajiji, located off Umaru Musa Yar’adua Road, popularly known as Airport Road in the Federal Capital Territory (FCT), was established in the 1970s. But despite being the oldest school in that area, it does not have a fence. It is also overcrowded with pupils, who jostle for few available benches.

Our reporter who visited the school noted that in the primary section, there’s an average of 70 pupils in a classroom, as against the internationally recommended standard of 35 or 40.
Also, there are two boreholes in the school, but they are not functional. So there is hardly water for sanitation.

The story is not different at the LEA Primary School, Kuchigoro, which is not far from Karmajiji. It has a junior secondary section. On the day our reporter visited the school, pupils and students were seen carrying their wooden seats on their heads as they ran to school in the morning. The same stories are also told of many primary and junior secondary schools in the many satellite towns and rural communities in the FCT.
However, at the LEA Primary School, Jabi, located close to the heart of the FCT, the story is different. This school, which has nursery and primary sections, is properly fenced, less crowded, connected to electricity and spacious, with water. There are ceiling fans in the classes and each desk shared by two pupils. There are also security men at the entrance of the school to provide a measure of safety for the children.

Our reporter observed that unlike the school at Jabi, most public schools in the old settlements of original inhabitants, area councils or satellite towns, do not have perimeter fences and security agents. They are surrounded by residential houses and shops that pollute the air with noise from musical sets, grinding machines, generators etc. Some of the schools also serve as thoroughfares, while various football clubs use the fields for training, even while the schools are in session.

It was also observed that secondary schools in Wuse and Jabi were fenced and in good condition. The ones in Wuye, Jabi and Wuse have staff quarters within the school premises.

Also, the School for the Blind in Jabi is well fenced and with a security guard all the time.

In some of the junior secondary schools visited, there were standard classrooms, but they do not have laboratories and libraries.

Pupils in some public primary schools in Abuja, who spoke with our reporter, said they were given three free exercise books from the Universal Basic Education Commission (UBEC), but they buy textbooks at the cost of N600 and above.

But the UBEC Act, 2004 states in Part 1 Section 2 that: “Every government in Nigeria shall provide free, compulsory and universal basic education for every child of primary and junior secondary school age. Every parent shall ensure that his child or ward attends and completes primary and junior secondary education.”

A teacher in LEA Primary School, Jabi, Caleb Auta, told our reporter that in the school, pupils and students are made to pay certain amounts of money before they are enrolled. According to him, fresh enrolment attracts N7,000, which is meant for uniform, sportswear, cardigan and Parents-Teachers Association (PTA). Also, N10,000 is charged for nursery school enrolment. The amount covers uniform, sportswear, cardigan, toiletries and allowances for nannies. The school also charges N1,000 as PTA levy, which they use in paying for electricity bills.

A teacher in Junior Secondary School (JSS), Kuchigoro, who did not want to mention his name, said they charged N8,700.00 for enrolment into Junior Secondary School (JSS I). This is different from N5,500 for uniform, 1,000 as PTA contribution, N3,200 for English and Mathematics textbooks, N2,100 for 15 exercise books, making a total of N20,500 Also, every term, students are made to pay N2,000 as ‘school charges,’ which is not clearly defined.

Furthermore, a teacher in Senior Secondary School, Garki, told our reporter that to be admitted into the school, a prospective student would purchase a form from the Education Resource Centre (ERC), Wuse, go through an interview, and if successful, he/she would pay the sum of 17,000 for uniform and books. Each student would also pay N3,000 to the school, as well as N1,000 as PTA levy.

Further findings also showed that, to decongest public schools in the FCT, a colony for the disabled, otherwise known as Unguwan Guragu, was established at Karmajigi. The chief of the colony, Alhaji Suleman Muhammad Katsina, disclosed that a non-governmental organisation built the six blocks of classrooms and requested for teachers from the Federal Capital Development Agency (FCDA) and the Abuja Municipal Area Council (AMAC). They also asked the government agencies to pay the salaries of teachers and provide teaching aides

At the Internally Displaced Persons (IDP) Camp in new Kuchigoro, near Games Village, a non-governmental organisation known as School Without Walls is assisting the children with lessons and meals. Some of the pupils receive lessons under a tree. Asked how they coped during the rainy season, the head teacher said they usually told the pupils to go home when it’s about to rain.

Crowded classrooms

A data released by the National Bureau of Statistics (NBS), in partnership with the UBEC, indicates that in 2013, the total enrolment figure of primary school pupils in the country was 24,185,027 while the total number of teachers was 576,665. This shows that the pupil-teacher ratio was 42:1. This indicates that in 2013, public primary school enrolment in the FCT was 205,758. The number of male pupils was 102,988 while the number of females was 102,770. In 2013, the number of male pupils was higher than the number of females by 218.

In 2011/2012, the figure of pupils’ enrolment in FCT primary schools was 191,498. The data shows that the number of males was 96,132 while the number of females was 95,366. This indicates that the number of males was higher than the number of female pupils by 766.

The data shows that in 2014, the total enrolment figure in the country reduced to 23,129,927. The number of teachers also reduced to 574,579. This, according to the data, shows that the pupil-teacher ratio in the whole country reduced to 40:1. But there was an increment of 210,761 in the FCT, with 104,312 male pupils and 106,449 females. This indicates that the number of females was higher than the number of males. But in 2015, the total enrolment increased to 214,929 and 219,524 in 2016.

The chart shows that on a yearly basis, more pupils and students enroll in public schools, but government fails to provide more classrooms and employ more teachers.

Speaking on the condition of public schools in the FCT, the chairman of the Nigeria Union of Teachers (NUT), Gwagwalada Branch, Comrade Isma’il Idris Kehinde said, “The increase in enrolment of pupils has overstretched facilities in FCT schools.

“Record shows that there is 13 per cent increase in the enrolment of pupils in FCT schools. As a result of this, teachers are facing challenges of overcrowded classes, difficulty in timetable, lack of toilets, pipe borne water. And the number of pupils seeking admission continues to increase.’’

He said the ratio of teachers to pupils was beyond the required standard, adding, “This leads to promotion of pupils from one class to another even if they failed examinations. This is done to accommodate the influx of people to Abuja due to improved education facilities and relative stability as against other northern states, among other reasons.

“I call on the government to construct more classrooms, improve learning facilities and employ more teachers to address the teacher-pupil ratio in the FCT.”

Similarly, the executive director of the Universal Basic Education Board, FCT, Dr. Adamu Jatau Noma, confirmed that teachers were under pressure due to crowded classrooms.

“Over-crowdedness of pupils is one of the major challenges faced by FCT primary schools. This is due to the influx of people to the FCT on a daily basis, as well as the mobilisation of parents on the importance of education. The Board will erect storey buildings in urban centres to decongest FCT schools. It will also increase and renovate classrooms in rural areas,’’ he said.

Why UBEC has not printed books for basic education in three years

The act setting up the UBEC requires that it should provide textbooks at no cost to pupils and students in primary and junior secondary schools. However, since 2015, textbooks have not been distributed to schools across the country.

Our reporter learnt that there have been issues concerning the procurement of books by the UBEC at its headquarters in Abuja. An official of the commission said, “We have discovered that some of the textbooks procured by the UBEC were dumped by the ministries of education in many states because they do not align with their curricula. We want to ensure that this time around, the textbooks are in line with the curricula in states where they will be used. That is why there seems to be a delay in the procurement of textbooks for basic education in the last three years.”

The source added that the Commission had devised a new approach to the publishing of textbooks for students in states. According to him, “UBEC asks state governments to submit the list of preferred publishers of textbooks for their schools. The publishers’ quotations are sent to UBEC. The quotations are sent to the Bureau of Public Procurement for vetting. When the costs of the books have been approved by BPP, the publishers would print and distribute the textbooks in their respective states, while UBEC pays the publishers. This approach has eliminated the wastes that obtained in previous years.”