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 enhancing entry to training and offering important assist for kids with particular wants.
Speaking in the course of 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, notably on the primary training stage.
He famous that training remained a significant precedence of the current administration, including that the SUBEB Chairman was equally dedicated to guaranteeing the supply of high quality training and sufficient assist throughout public faculties within the state.
He assured that the Board would proceed to assist initiatives geared toward enhancing educating and studying situations, notably for pupils requiring particular instructional consideration.
The Principal of the varsity, Mrs Anifowose Ayodele Oluwaseun, who can also be deaf, expressed appreciation to the Kogi State Government and SUBEB for the gesture, describing it as a welcome intervention that might positively affect the lives of the pupils.
She, nonetheless, 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 notably known as for the recruitment of further lecturers to cater for the rising inhabitants of pupils with particular wants, noting that sufficient manpower was important 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 assist for his or her instructional and developmental wants.
The principal careworn that the growing enrolment of pupils had made pressing authorities intervention crucial, notably in addressing the varsity’s infrastructural deficiencies and staffing gaps.
She additionally known as for sustained collaboration between the federal government and related training businesses to present an inclusive and conducive studying surroundings the place youngsters with particular wants might entry high quality training and realise their full potential.
Anne Olurinde
Director, Corporate Communication
Kogi State Universal Basic Education Board (SUBEB)
