UDOM: THE JOURNEY SO FAR

UDOM: The Journey So Far

By Edikan David

On May 29, 2015, Mr. Udom Gabriel Emmanueld took office as governor of Akwa Ibom State, he presented a five-point agenda of wealth creation, job creation, poverty alleviation, political and economic inclusiveness and infrastructural consolidation, as blueprint for the development of the state.

For just about 22 months on saddle, the Governor has not left anyone in doubt as to his mission of translating his campaign promises to affect lives, thereby ensuring that government is seen as a force for good. Below are the sectoral achievements of the present administration, so far.

EDUCATION

Education is at the core of any modern development.
Aware of this reality, government has invested much resources and efforts in ensuring that education of Akwa
Ibom children is given the necessary commitment.

The following are achievements in the subsector:

Free, compulsory and qualitative education policy in public primary and secondary schools in the state.

Collaboration with the Federal Government to implement the Home Grown School Feeding programme in the State’s public primary schools.

Training of School Inspectors, Education Officers and Principals, on quality assurance and best practices, in education in collaboration with the Federal Ministry of
Education, UNICEF, UNESCO, etc.

Training of officers in Examination and Certification Division of the Ministry on ICT and computerization of examination results.

Training of 30 indigenes of Akwa Ibom State on ICT in India.

Accreditation of courses in the state’s tertiary institutions and public technical schools.

Training of primary school teachers on effective classroom management skills, basic classroom teaching methods and techniques, language communication skills and
Information and Communication Technology (ICT).

Organization of a 2-day Advocacy Workshop on Structure and Effective Implementation of the new Senior Secondary School Curricula in collaboration with the Nigerian
Education Research and Development Council (NERDC), Abuja.

Payment of Subvention to all School Heads and Principals of Public Primary and Post-Primary Schools at the rate of N100.00 per pupil and N300.00 per student
per term;

Generation of reliable inputs through reports from Quality Assurance Inspectors and Evaluators for renovation and rehabilitation of schools by the Inter-Ministerial Direct
Labour Co-ordinating Committee.

Procurement and distribution of free exercise books, textbooks and other educational materials, to public and private schools in key subjects like Mathematics, English
Language and the Sciences; Payment of examination fees and scholarships to
students of Akwa Ibom State origin in tertiary institutions.

Provision of grants and laptops to Medical and Law Students respectively.

Revalidation of private schools in the state to ensure maintenance of standards and quality control.

Production of a Handbook for Chaplains in Schools as a prelude to introduction of Chaplaincy Services in public secondary schools.

Development of Ibibio Language curriculum;
Conduct of verification exercise by the Ministry of Education to ascertain the actual number of pupils in public schools in the State.

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