The Universal Basic Education Commission (UBEC) would soon release the results of the 2022 National Personnel Audit (NPA) for basic education institutions in the country, as it is almost ready, the Executive Secretary of UBEC, Dr. Hamid Bobboyi has said.
Bobboyi dropped the hint while fielding questions from newsmen during a one-day colloquium, organized by the Commission, with the theme, ‘The Nigerian Child: Dynamics of Educational Opportunities’ in honour of the former executive secretary of UBEC, late Professor Gidado Tahir, on Monday in Abuja.
He said that the Commission chose the topic, given the role Gidado played as one of the key promoters of basic education in Nigeria.
“The whole idea is trying to see how we can address those issues within the context of the legacies that has been left behind by Gidado.
“UBEC has always involved in this kind of project because we have always believe that you need to engage, discuss and strategise and get involved in research project that can help you understand better those challenges and how best to address to them.
“So, it is a continuous process. We have always been engaging in this kind of colloquium, we have outstanding research team and as you know, we also processing the results for the 2022 National Personnel Audit for school census as well as assessment of learning in education, which is one of the largest in Africa that will give us an idea of whether our children are learning or not and areas which we are having difficulties,” he added.
He, however, stressed the need for the National Population Commission to conduct census which will help the UBEC in carrying out their functions.
“The only disappointment is on one issue that I needed to raise. You cannot get the number of out-of-school children from there for the simple fact that you need the population figures of the various age groups from the National Population Commission (NPC) and the National Population Commission has not provided this.
“The estimate they have been making is no longer relevant so that is the reason while are very desperate for a national census that can give us an idea of our accurate population,” he added.
