By Anne Olurinde
The Kogi State Universal Basic Education Board (SUBEB) has donated wheelchairs and different assistive gadgets 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 training and offering important help for kids with particular wants.
Speaking throughout 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 training, significantly on the fundamental training stage.
He famous that training remained a significant precedence of the current administration, including that the SUBEB Chairman was equally dedicated to making certain the supply of high quality training and sufficient help throughout public faculties within the state.
He assured that the Board would proceed to help initiatives geared toward bettering educating and studying circumstances, significantly for pupils requiring particular academic 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 will 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 educational supplies as main challenges affecting efficient educating and studying.
Mrs Anifowose significantly known as for the recruitment of extra lecturers to cater for the rising inhabitants of pupils with particular wants, noting that sufficient manpower was essential to the efficient administration of the varsity and supply of high quality training.
She urged the state authorities not to neglect individuals with disabilities however to maintain and strengthen its help for his or her academic and developmental wants.
The principal burdened that the growing enrolment of pupils had made pressing authorities intervention mandatory, significantly in addressing the varsity’s infrastructural deficiencies and staffing gaps.
She additionally known as for sustained collaboration between the federal government and related training companies to present an inclusive and conducive studying atmosphere the place youngsters with particular wants may entry high quality training and realise their full potential.
Anne Olurinde
Director, Corporate Communication
Kogi State Universal Basic Education Board (SUBEB)
