The Executive Secretary National Senior Secondary Education Commission has engaged the National Government to incorporate the NSSEC Newspaper Act 23, (two percent solidified income store) in the 2024 Spending plan.
An assertion by the commission on Wednesday said that its Leader Secretary, Dr Iyela Ajayi, settled on the decision as of late, during his functioning visit to the Director, Senate Panel on Fundamental and Optional Schooling, Congressperson Lawal Usman, and the Executive Board on Training (Essential and Administrations), Mr Imprint Useini, in their separate workplaces at the Public Gathering Complex Abuja.
Ajayi said the two per cent consolidated revenue fund was to enable access to the funds required for the repositioning of senior secondary education in the country.
The statement disclosed that the commission, in collaboration with the Federal Ministry of Education, was working towards producing the final draft of the National Policy on Senior Secondary Education, which he said, would help to invigorate the senior secondary education sub-sector.
commission had commenced the critique of the minimum standard document by different stakeholders, which would be accepted by all after scrutiny as a document for the minimum standard in that sub-sector.
He made a compassionate appeal that for the commission to achieve its mandate of revitalising senior secondary education to meet global standards, there was a need for proper funding of NSSEC in line with budgetary allocation.
Ajayi said, “This will enable the commission to embark on some crucial assignments such as; carrying out a detailed needs assessment in schools in the various states, updating the database of the senior secondary schools and capacity development of teachers which has been grossly hindered as a result of inadequate funding.”
Talking likewise, the Administrator Senate Council on Fundamental and Optional Schooling, Representative Lawal Adamu, said the Board of trustees would guarantee legitimate thought of satisfactory financing of the commission.
