His Excellency, Alhaji Aliyu Akwe Doma, OON (Garkuwan Doma), Executive Governor of Nasarawa State has approved the constitution of a 16-member Education Reform Committee to produce a road-map for the development of education in the State.  His Excellency’s decision is in furtherance of the policy thrust of the Administration towards the transformation of the education system, in terms of quality of teaching, teachers and infrastructure.

Membership of the Committee is as follows:

i.            His Royal Highness,

      Dr. Sylvester O. Ayih, MFR

      Abaga Toni                                                     -           Chairman

ii.         Alhaji Umaru D. Mairiga,

      Special Adviser to the

      Executive Governor on Education                 -           Member

iii.    Alhaji Muhammadu Ari Gwaska,

      Chairman, Nasarawa State Teachers

      Service Commission                                        -           Member

                                                                         

iv.      Dr. Fati Danladi Yakubu, mni

                        Permanent Secretary,

      Nasarawa State Teachers

      Service Commission                                        -           Member

v.         Prof. Mrs. Mary Ango,

Faculty of Education,

University of Jos                                             -           Member

vi.      Mrs. Mary Galadima,

            School Proprietress                                         -           Member

vii.         Hajiya Salamatu Zakari Yakubu,

Educationist                                                    -           Member

 

viii.      Mr. Mark Ogbole,

Proprietor, Lafia Kapital School                     -           Member

ix.      Alhaji Musa Saidu

Former Chairman,

Awe Local Government Council                    -           Member

x.         A representative of Apex

      Parents-Teachers Association (PTA),

      Nasarawa State Chapter                                 -           Member

xi.      A representative of Non-Governmental

      Organisations (NGOs)-           Member

xii.         A representative of Voluntary

      Agencies (VAs)                                              -           Member

xiii.      A representative of Nasarawa State

      Students Association (NASSA)                     -           Member

xiv.      A representative of All Nigeria

      Conference of Principals of

      Secondary Schools (ANCOPSS),

Nasarawa State Chapter                                 -           Member

xv.         A representative of Local

      Government Education Authorities                -           Member

The Secretary to the Committee is Mr. Tanimu Zemeni, Director, Administration and Supplies, Nasarawa State Universal Basic Education Board.

The Terms of Reference of the Committee are as follows

i.                    Examine the contents, structure, methods of instruction and relevance of curricula towards attaining the desired objectives of educational development in the State;

ii.                  Assess the level of infrastructure in our schools system;

iii.                Suggest ways and means of financing education at all levels in the State;

iv.                Examine ways and means of overcoming the shortage of teachers and how to attract and retain sufficient teachers in the State Service;

v.                  Explore the possibility of linkages for special training programmes for teachers and school administrators with relevant institutions within and outside the country with a view to improving the educational profile of the State;

vi.                Study the operations of the Local Government Education Authority with particular reference to existing institutional bottlenecks and make recommendations for its re-organisation for better school administration;

vii.              Examine the contributions of Parents Teachers’ Association (PTA), Voluntary Agencies, NGOs and other stakeholders in the development of education in the State, and suggest areas of effective partnership;

viii.            Examine the organisational structure of our educational institutions with a view to repositioning the system;

ix.                Review the existing guidelines for the establishment of new schools at all levels in the State,

x.                  Recommend ways and means of increasing annual enrolment and retention in our primary schools in line with the objectives of the UBE and Millennium Development Goals (MDGs);

xi.                Suggest ways and means of redressing the present shortfall in girl-child education in the State so that the percentage of girl-child attendance in schools can be substantially increased and retained;

xii.              Recommend ways and means of promoting vocational, technical, Information and Communications Technology (ICT) education in the State;

xiii.            Suggest ways of improving the level of science and technology education in the State;

xiv.            Recommend ways and means of promoting the establishment of schools for physically challenged children in the State;

xv.              Examine the current status of mass literacy/education in the State and advise on ways of improvement.

xvi.            Determine the progress made by the State’s tertiary institutions since 1996 and make recommendations for better performance;

xvii.          Examine the Income Generation Mechanism of higher institutions in the State and suggest ways of improvement;

xviii.        Make any other recommendations that are incidental to the terms of reference of the Committee for the improvement of education in the State;

The Committee will be inaugurated on a date to be announced in due course.

This announcement was made by Mr. TIMOTHY A. ANJIDE, Secretary to the State Government of Nasarawa State on Friday, April 04, 2008.