Chairman Delta State House of Assembly Committee on Education Hon. Charles Chukwuemeke Emetulu, has challenged MDAs and state government owned educational Institutions to improve on their performance score cards in 2025 fiscal year.
Emetulu gave the challenge in his closing remarks at the end of a two day budget defense session with MDAs and Institutions under the oversight of the House Committee on Education.
The honourable who represents Ndokwa West Constituency and former Commissioner for Higher Education, said the Committee expects optimal results in the education sector in 2025 in line with the policies and programmes of Governor Oborevwori’s administration.
Stressing that Deltans should get the best of education, the Lawmaker, stated that the state government has shown great passion for the sector by allocating huge resources to the education sector in the outgoing year as well as making more budgetary provision in the 2025 budget proposal.
Flanked by other members of the Committee, Hon Emetulu posited that the performance of the MDAs and institutions in the 2024 approved budget will go a long way to determine their performance in the proposed 2025 budget.
He urged the MDAs particularly the State Universal Basic Education Board, SUBEB, Post Primary Education Board, PPEB, and Ministry of Basic and Secondary Education, to leave up to expectations, saying that education at the early stage is the foundation for tertiary education.
“I am particularly concerned with education at the primary level because it determines what will happen at the higher level. If we miss it at that stage, then we have created a problem.
“So we need you to tell us how you’re performed in the current year which will determine your performance in the 2025 budget when approved”, Emetulu said.
The Lawmaker assured that the committee will continue to play its role in giving the necessary support for the growth of the rector in the state.
Chairman, SUBEB, Hon Samuel Mariere in an interview said as a board, they have been able to move round the 25 Local government areas in the State to sensitize communities on the need to protect government schools in their domain from any form of vandalism, adding that the State government will not continue to go back to already built schools due to the activities of vandals.
Hon Mariere maintained that much more will be achieved in 2025 as the board will continue to roll out more programmes, including the Smart school which has already started and training and retraining of teachers which has significantly improved.
Chairman, Institute of Continuing Education, ICE, Mrs Florence Omoni-Johnson highlighted some of the achievements recorded in the institute and assured that more impact will be felt when the 2025 budget is approved.