The management of the Bauchi State Universal Basic Education Board (BASUBEB) has said that after the last annual school census showed that there is now teacher to 79 pupils per teaching session.
The Public Relations Officer (PRO) of BASUBEB, Mohammed Abdullahi, said this in a statement on Wednesday. He was reacting to a story by some newspapers and online platforms.
“The attention of the management of BASUBEB was drawn to newspaper publications and online medium which says 79 schools in Misau Local Government have one teacher each.
“The information published was not correct, it is a false and inaccurate data, we don’t want to Join issues with anybody..
“But to put the record straight, the pupil teacher ratio on the last annual School census was 1-79. This indicates number of pupils that a teacher meet in class per a lesson.”
Abdullahi said “We want the public to disregard the false information earlier published and take the correct information released by the board.
“After the last Annual School Census, it was discovered that there are shortage of teachers across the state. Therefore, a memo was written to his Excellency, seeking for the approval of recruitment of teachers to bridge the gap of which approval has already been granted to that respect”.
He commended Bauchi State Governor Bala Mohammed for the numerous support and attentiion he has been giving to the Basic Education sub-sector which led to the successes recorded in the provisiion of quality of educatiion in the state” Abdullahi said.
“The Bauchi State Government constructed/renovated over 2,000 Number of Classrooms and within the period of the present administration across the state. Provided learning/instructional materials in all the schools across the state, while 2021/2022 intervention project is ongoing.
“On the area of staff training over 5,000 Head Teachers and Teachers were trained and retrained within the period,” he said
