Fayemi calls for improved school monitoring, evaluation.


... As Rep Committee members  inspect schools in Ekiti.

Ekiti State Governor, Dr Kayode Fayemi has urged the Universal Basic Education Commission (UBEC) and Federal Ministry of Education to improve the mechanism for school monitoring and evaluation of projects in order to promote qualitative education in the country.

Governor Fayemi made the statement, when the Chairman of the Committee on Basic Education, Prof Julius Ihonvbere led other members of the House of Representatives Committee on Basic education on a courtesy visit to the Governor's Office in Ado Ekiti.

The Committee as part of its oversight function were in the State to inspect basic schools and ensure that funds released by Federal Government for execution of projects were judiciously utilized.

The Governor, also informed the Committee on the need for Federal Government to suspend counterpart funding as part of basic requirements for States to access Federal Government UBEC funding.

Dr Fayemi, who explained that the backlogs of funds domiciled in the UBEC account was a function of the inability of some States to raise counterpart fund to access it. He added that the process if successful would enable States take more accelerated actions that would substantially improve the condition of schools and quality of learning received by students.

Governor Fayemi said: "It is necessary to step down counterpart funding in order for States to access the money that is just sitting there and the president has agreed with us. That would enable States take more accelerated actions on schools but it will now be more of a programme for results arrangement rather than counterpart funding arrangement.

"I know how important this Committee is, I want to plead with you to really continue to impress it on the Universal Basic Education Commission and the Federal Ministry of Education to pay more attention to the quality of education and to the monitoring and evalu

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