From TCNEWS
The Abia State Coordinator of CIvil Society Action Coalition on Education for All, CSACEFA Mrs Eunice Egbuna, has that the CIvil Society would play a very significant role in the implementation of School – To – Work – Scheme ( STWS).
Egbuna disclosed this to our correspondent through WhatsApp chat after a Stakeholders’ Consultative meeting held in Abuja to discuss guidelines and approaches towards proper and effective implementation of STWS, a newly adopted education policy.
Egbuna who is also the Executive Director of Initiative for Grassroots Interventions and Development in Education, IGIDE explained that the scheme was designed to make practical/entrepreneurship education an integral part of Basic Education up to Junior Secondary.
Recall that the Executive Secretary of Universal Basic Education Commission (UBEC), Dr. Hamid Bobboyi, had during a meeting with Commissioners for Education, Executive State and Federal Capital Territory Universal Basic Chairmen, Education Boards among others disclosed that the federal government is introducing a School-to-Work scheme to enable youths become productive and self-employed.
The CSACEFA boss lauded the Federal Government’s bid to equip young school learners with life-long skills and entrepreneurship for self-reliance.
On the public presentation of Abia State 2024 Citizens Budget held at Aguiyi Ironsi Conference Centre Umuahia recently, Egbuna commended Governor Alex Otti’s administration for the bold step to raise the standard of education in Abia State, disclosing further that the Education focused Nongovernmental Organizations, NGOs would have a big responsibility to monitor the implementation of the Fund and report to the general public.
” Participants in the programme include: UBEC Management Staff, UBEC Coordinators from various States, SUBEB Directors from various States, one CSACEFA member organization from each of the six geopolitical zones among others. It was a very fruitful meeting which produced a communique, specifying the roles of the various stakeholders.
” A budget of N567 Billion Naira was presented, the biggest in Abia State since its creation. What caught the interest of IGIDE / CSACEFA in the State was the 20 percent allocation of the budget to Education Financing, almost 100 percent increase from what Education received last year and in the previous years”, Egbuna observed.