Establish Secondary Education Boards, NSSEC Tells Governors

Federal Capital Territory to establish Senior Secondary Education Boards in the various states including the FCT.According to a statement by the head of press, Fatima Ahmed Bappare, Iyela said this would enable states collaborate with the commission and harness NSSEC intervention funds which are meant for the repositioning of senior secondary education.

The executive secretary further said the NSSEC bill which had been successfully passed into law and gazetted as NSSEC Act 2023 by the past administration, specifies that to qualify for the NSSEC intervention fund, a state must establish the Senior Secondary Education Board and be ready to operate a separate account from that of the state government. In addition, the state must also provide 5% counterpart funding.

These he said, would help to avoid ambiguity in disbursement of the fund and its implementation in the various states. “The NSSEC Intervention Fund is to be used for infrastructural development of Senior Secondary Schools and teachers’ Capacity Development across the 36 states and FCT,” Dr Iyela disclosed.

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