South East Zonal Headquarters Of NSSEC Established In Anambra
National Senior Secondary Education Commission, NSSEC, has chosen Anambra State as its South East Zonal Headquarters.
The Executive Secretary of NSSEC, Dr. Iyela Ajayi disclosed this during an advocacy and sensitization visit to the State held at the headquarters of Post Primary Schools Service Commission, PPSSC, Awka.
He said the decision was as a result of Governor Soludo’s revolution in the education sector.
Recall that the federal government, in April,2023, established the National Senior Secondary School Education Commission as the regulatory and intervention agency for the senior secondary education sub-sector of the Nigerian education system, aimed at repositioning senior secondary education.
The 9th National Assembly passed the bill establishing NSSEC into Law and the President signed the NSSEC Act into Law in 2023.
The Commission’s Executive Secretary, Dr Ajayi represented by the Head Senior Secondary Education Department, Mr. Mohammed Salihu, explained that for Anambra State to enjoy the benefits in the commission, it must domesticate the NSSEC law.
Dr. Ajayi listed some of the mandates of the Commission to include to prescribe and enforce the National Minimum Standards for Senior Secondary Education in Nigeria, develop policy guidelines for the operation of senior secondary education programmes in Nigeria, advise Federal Government on the funding and development of senior secondary education in Nigeria, support national capacity building for teachers and managers of senior secondary education in Nigeria.
Speaking, the Speaker, Anambra State House of Assembly, Honourable Somtochukwu Udeze, assured the Commission that in the next six weeks the NSSEC law will be domesticated to enable the state gain access to the facilities being provided by NSSEC.
The Speaker represented by the Chairman, House Committees on Education, Honourable Emmanuel Okpalaeke, expressed the readiness of the state Assembly to assist the Commission wherever necessary, and also assured teachers of improved welfare.
In her remarks, the State Commissioner for Education, Professor Ngozi Chuma-Udeh, described the event as epoch making in the ever-revolving education sector since the present administration came in board and appreciated NSSEC for choosing Anambra State as its South East Zonal Headquarters.
Commenting also, the Chairman, Post Primary Schools Service Commission, PPSSC, Professor Nkechi Ikediugwu, thanked God for the development, stressing the importance of nurturing the young ones, as well as creating enabling environment for education to thrive in the South East and Anambra State in particular because no country or state can rise above the level of its education.
School principals students, top PPSSC officers and other stakeholders attended the event.
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