By Daniel Tyokua
The Federal Capital Territory Administration (FCTA) has vowed to sustain measures that will provide adequate security as well address overcrowding in schools.
Mandate Secretary FCT Education Secretariat, Sani Dahir El-katuzu stated this on Tuesday, when he led other top management staff on inspection of some schools for third term resumption 2022/2023 academic session in Karish area of the territory.
He said already, contract has been awarded for the installation of critical facilities in schools, including not only surveillance cameras, but even alarm systems whereby if anything happens, there should be a trigger from the school that lets security operators around to know that something is happening within the school premises.
According to him, there are more measures in place to ensure safety and more space for students and teachers to perform optimally in schools .
He described the rate of resumption across the schools for the conclusion of the academic year as satisfactory, given the high number of students in attendance during the first day of school.
The Secretary added that always, the pressing problems are related to congestion in the schools especially public schools, as there are so many students in so little space.
“Resumption generally is satisfactory, only in the Primary school in Karshi that we met scanty attendance, but all other schools visited have fully resumed as school activities are progressing wonderfully.
” We need more hostels, classrooms, better furniture and retraining of our teachers, so as to cope with modern requirement. These are the challenges we face.
“We have to provide the space required for educating our young lads, otherwise, we are not planning for our future. So it is a matter mandate not thinking, but sometimes we are constrained by resources”
The team visited 3 Government Secondary Schools, Junior Secondary School, LEA Primary School, and Vocational Training Centre, all in Karshi as well as Loyola Jesuit College, Gidan Mangoro.
