ABSTRACT
The subject matter of these text is
on the policies of the education sector
in Ebonyi State Government from the year
2007 to 2012,
it went further to assess the
polices in detailed explanation, the criticisms
the policies got and the
ways forward.
Chapter I
Policy
of boarding school system in Ebonyi state
Chapter
two
Policy
of reducing the rate of examination malpractice
Chapter
three
The
policy of educating the girl child
Chapter
four
Policy
of payment of WACE and NECO Fee fees
Reference
CHAPTER ONE
POLICY OF BOARDING SCHOOL SYSTEM
In
the year 2007, the governor of Ebonyi State introduced a boarding school system
into the education section to improve the quality of education in the state
through the re-introduction of boarding system in secondary schools in the
state. This can be seen an pg 47, the Guardian newspaper Thursday, September 20th
2007
Although
the said policy continued to elicit mixed reactions from a cross section of the
residents of the state
Addressing
newsmen on his achievements within the first 100 days in office, governor
Elechi disclosed that contracts valued N700 million have been awarded to
reliabilities existing infrastructure and construct new ones to flag off the
new boarding system in the state
He explained that two schools each in the three
senatorial zones of the state have been selected for the new boarding approach,
which he hoped would increase the quality of education in the state
and inculcate a sense of
belonging and brotherhood which he said
could ensure lasting harmonious co-existence among citizens of the state
But an separate
interviews with the guardian an the planned policy thrust, chairman of Ebonyi
Governorship candidates forum, Mr. Anthony Okah and the director of Holy Ghost
secondary of schools, Abakaliki Dr Phillip C Okoh, expressed different
perspectives to the new policy
Okah said “ first of all I want to say that there is no doubt that the entire educational
system needs a policy change if you are changing a policy you
must consult the people, consult
the national union teachers , parents teacher association as well as proprietors
of schools, you need to find
out why the boarding school system
collapsed in the first instance
These and many more were said concerning the boarding
school system policy. He went further to frown at the N700 million set aside to rehabilitate
infrastructure for the policy change,
saying that if would not deal objectively with the attendant dangers, he also pointed out that most parents would not agree to their children staying in
boarding houses especially the girls for fear of immorality, and also that
“acolody living close to a school would put his child in a boarding
house”.
However in spite of Okah’s negative perception of the boarding
system, the proprietor of holy ghost
secondary school Dr Okoh said boarding system remains the real side of
schooling pointing out that if confers
high responsibility on both the teachers and students.
CHAPTER TWO
POLICY OF REDUCING THE RATE OF EXAMINATION
MALPRACTICE
In the year 2009, Ebonyi state dropped from 2nd
to 12 in index of examination malpractice, due to the manifestation of the
fruitfulness of initiated programes and polices of the governor of the state.
This can be seen in pg 14 of Nigerian
patriots, February 23rd 2009. The Hon.
Commissioner for education then Mr
Agha Sunday Okoro stated
that the
improvement of the state in the national examination malpractice index
from 2nd to 12th
position is a step to the right
direction, he gave his speech in 12th
edition of the WAEC state committee
meeting held in Abakaliki
The education boss restated the commitment of the
present administration to gradually but surely eliminate all factors that fan the embers of examination malpractice
through recruitment of teachers, provision of residence for teachers, to love
at their areas of duties, and general motivation through several welfare
packages to enable them impart in the
students, desired knowledge and values.
He
also re-emphatically stressed the
irrevocability of government
stance on the ban of registration of external candidates which according to him had over the years
paved ways for students, who are mostly
drop-outs from neighboring states to embark on examination pilgrimage at
rural schools within the state, thereby ballooning malpractices tendencies
CHAPTER THREE
THE POLICY OF EDUCATING THE GIRL- CHILD
In a bit to
educate the girl child the government of Ebonyi state built
27 pilot schools in the year 2009
14 for girls and 13 for boy plus
an additional GTC to help achieve these aims, they even went
further to make education from primary school level to junior secondary school
level free of charge. There is an adage that goes, “No woman, No nations” these goes a long way in explaining
the importance of the girl child in national development. It is also said that
a nation without women is in a shamble
that is why the importance of girl child towards national development can never be over emphasized
In some parts
of this country, especially northern part, age long religious and cultural beliefs have affected girl child
education and made the education of the girl child in that part of the country
to be abysmally low, despite the federal governments universal basic education programme launched with fun
fare upon this problem, international organizations have stepped up efforts to
stimulate the interest of both parents and young girls into acquiring the
western education as well as developing the committees
Every girl child
should say “No” to this age long religion and belief and
embrace the innovation western education as the most important factor used by
man to conquer his environment, but in some committees it has charted his destiny miles apart from
indices of modern development in our immediate
environment the level of
ignorance has reduced them to perpetual
hewers of wood and drawers of
water, a situation that has made their lives and existence miserable. The
world which is a global village is characterized by many things of which
education is one of them; hence education should not be relegated
CHAPTER FOUR
POLICY PAYMENT OF WACE AND NECO FEES
In the year
2009, the government of Ebonyi state brought up the policy pay school fees for
students sitting the certificate
examination, this was geared towards
promoting the level of education and also reducing the rate of dropouts in the
state.
Although that policy is no more in place now due to
some reasons. But it was one of the policy between the said time.
CONCLUSION
In conclusion, having accessed most of the education
policies in the state from the said time, it is worth of note to say the
polices has been unstable due to the fact that most of those qualities are no
longer in place today, reasons being that most of then were made out of wrong
advice or may be mere suggestions without due
consultations,
For a policy to be dully implemented it must receive
acceptance by the people that the policy is meant for, else such policy is doomed
to fail, so if I were to suggest I will say that before any policy is put in
place in the educational sector, the government must consider the workability prowess of such
policy first, then they should be able to forecast the
future to ensure durability
REFERENCE
1. The guardian news paper Sept 20th 2007
pg 47
2. The guardian news paper Sept 20th 2007 pg
5
3. Nigerian
patriots March 30 2009 pg 17
4. Nigerian
patriots Feb 23 29 pg
14
5. The guardian newspaper
Feb 28 2009 pg 61
6. Vanguard Jan 15
2008 pg 31
7. The guardian newspaper Nov 4 2008
pg 7