By Anne Olurinde
The Kogi State Universal Basic Education Board (SUBEB) has donated wheelchairs and different assistive units to the Lokoja School for the Deaf and Special Needs to improve the welfare, mobility and studying expertise of pupils with disabilities.
The intervention underscores the dedication of the Kogi State Government and SUBEB to bettering entry to schooling and offering important assist for youngsters with particular wants.
Speaking through the presentation, the SUBEB Chairman, Mallam Abdulrazak Muhammad Yusuf, represented by the Director of Special Programmes, Isah Nuhu Ameadaji, reiterated the dedication of Governor Ahmed Usman Ododo’s administration to the event of schooling, significantly on the fundamental schooling stage.
He famous that schooling remained a serious precedence of the current administration, including that the SUBEB Chairman was equally dedicated to making certain the supply of high quality schooling and ample assist throughout public colleges within the state.
He assured that the Board would proceed to assist initiatives geared toward bettering educating and studying situations, significantly for pupils requiring particular instructional consideration.
The Principal of the varsity, Mrs Anifowose Ayodele Oluwaseun, who can be deaf, expressed appreciation to the Kogi State Government and SUBEB for the gesture, describing it as a welcome intervention that might positively influence the lives of the pupils.
She, nevertheless, appealed for elevated authorities consideration to the establishment, figuring out insufficient infrastructure, scarcity of educating personnel and inadequate tutorial supplies as main challenges affecting efficient educating and studying.
Mrs Anifowose significantly known as for the recruitment of further academics to cater for the rising inhabitants of pupils with particular wants, noting that ample manpower was vital to the efficient administration of the varsity and supply of high quality schooling.
She urged the state authorities not to neglect individuals with disabilities however to maintain and strengthen its assist for his or her instructional and developmental wants.
The principal pressured that the rising enrolment of pupils had made pressing authorities intervention obligatory, significantly in addressing the varsity’s infrastructural deficiencies and staffing gaps.
She additionally known as for sustained collaboration between the federal government and related schooling businesses to present an inclusive and conducive studying atmosphere the place youngsters with particular wants might entry high quality schooling and realise their full potential.
Anne Olurinde
Director, Corporate Communication
Kogi State Universal Basic Education Board (SUBEB)
