Punch Editorial BoardFOR failing to meet the due process requirements for accessing funds provided for rehabilitating basic schools by most state governments, the Universal Basic Education Commission has been sitting on an idle N84 billion meant for that purpose as of September 2018, the agency’s latest document indicates. According to Nigeria’s educational system, primary class one to six and the first three years in secondary constitute the basic level of schooling. This paradox should be vehemently tackled, given the fact that basic school is the touchstone or foundation for quality education – the superstructure every society needs for its development and survival. For this horde of children without basic education, the future is certainly not assured. Besides, governors should think twice about this fad of building a few model basic schools at the city centres and allowing those in the rural areas to rot away.

Source: Punch July 03, 2019 01:52 UTC