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Vision for Education:
A State with functional and qualitative education which will serve as the
catalyst for development, job creation, poverty alleviation and as a foundation
for our envisaged science and technology and industrial revolution.
To achieve the desired functionality and quality in
our educational system, this sector which is the main determinant of our
collective future must be totally re-organized. Our strategy for this aspect
will be the production of quality teachers, expansion of our education
infrastructure and increased funding.
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| | Jul 4, 2011: 31 Students Promised Scholarship To Tower of Ivory Schools By Gov. Akpabio | | Jul 3, 2011: Bravo to Lagos Over Children`s Rights | | Jun 22, 2011: Free and Compulsory Education My Greatest Achievement
–Gov. Akpabio | | Jun 14, 2011: Maritime Academy of Nigeria, Oron, Attains University Status End of 2011 | | May 25, 2011: Gas Plant Project for Inauguration Soon - Akpabio
| | Mar 4, 2011: Akpabio Decries Proliferation of Universities |
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Empowers the people with
knowledge and competence to provide in abundance the requisite skills,
knowledge, and abilities to drive a modern knowledge based economy and inculcate
good moral ethics by exposing pupils and students to rewarding teaching and
learning processes in well equipped and administered schools.
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Education in Akwa Ibom State
Education is a consuming passion of the people and Government of Akwa Ibom
State. From 2007 till date education moved from ruins and commodities beyond
reach to citadels of equal opportunities practicing well articulated and State
Government fortified Universal Basic Education (UBE) scheme, with government
regularly raising standards to ensure greater performance. Education in Akwa
Ibom has grown in leaps and bounds to become a major component of state economic
empowerment and
development strategy.
Academic activities are conducted in scholastically enriched 1,110 primary
schools, 230 secondary schools and 11 tertiary institutions equipped with
classrooms, libraries, workshops and laboratories targeting a teacher:student
ratio of 1:25 per classroom. Besides, 5 State libraries, together with the brand
new e-Library, are provided to deepen reading culture.
Formal teaching processes are conducted with academic and extra curricula
activities together with structured teaching systems for best-in-class
education. Educationists here build careers out of intellectual capital with
curriculum re-designed to emphasize functional use of acquired knowledge.
Inspectors go round schools to make sure the right things are done. Teachers are
motivated, trained and adequately supervised to ensure better delivery.
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With Akwa Ibom's venture into free and compulsory education for primary and
secondary schools since 2008 government granted children equal opportunities to
develop worthwhile careers to benefit the society. With this policy the state's
education sector became re-branded, re-positioned, and completely re-packaged.
Also, with domiciliation of the Child Rights Act by the state government just a
few months after, education in Akwa Ibom became a fundamental right for all
children residing in the state.
In practice, Akwa Ibom's free education is 100% government funded with students
paying absolutely no direct fees while government funds the entire education
machinery in the state from budgetary commitments of about 60,000,000 USD
annually to the free education scheme. As part of the policy, government pays
subventions of 2 USD per student to 230 school principals and 0.75 USD per pupil
to 1,110 primary school head teachers across the state to guard against
back-door charges.
Reception for the scheme is enthusiastic, this has resulted to over 300% school
enrolments. On the compulsory aspect, the child rights law takes care of
truancy, which is combated by criminalising hawking by school-age children
during school hours at the pain of arrests and prosecutions.
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One of the greatest legacies the current administration has bequeathed on the people of Akwa Ibom State is the free and compulsory Education policy. Under this policy, Akwa Ibom children of school age go to school free from primary to senior secondary level. In addition to free tuition, the State pays a subvention of N100 per primary school pupil and N300 per secondary school student to cater for logistics and expenses for the administration of each child.
Also, government has ensured the provision of a conducive learning environment in schools for the Akwa Ibom children through massive rehabilitation and reconstruction of schools’ blocks, provision of science and laboratory equipment, construction of hostels and supply of desks etc. Other achievements are:
- Free and compulsory Education from primary to senior secondary School level. So far over N10 Billion has been expended on the programme
- Payment of SSCE fees for all students in Public Secondary Schools
- Payment of NABTEB fees for all students in Public Technical Colleges
- Procurement and distribution of science equipment and materials to public secondary schools
- Implementation of the 27.5% new TSS for teachers
- Payment of grant to law students, pie medical and medical students
- Provisions of Laptops to all law students in the 2008/2009 batch of the Nigeria Law School
- Provision of facilities/construction of internal roads in the University of Uyo
- Construction of an e-library in the State to serve as a reference centre for researchers in the State in particular and the south-south region generally
- Provision of free text books in Biology, Chemistry, Physics, Mathematic and Integrated Science (200,000 each)
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