By Nosa Akenzua, Asaba
The Executive Chairman of the Delta State Universal Basic Education Board (SUBEB) Mr Sunny Ogwu, has stressed the need for effective school evaluation as a panacea for improving learning and strengthening of the school system.
Ogwu stated this while declaring open a five-day training workshop for quality assurance evaluators on effective school evaluation on Tuesday,organised by the SUBEB in collaboration with the Universal Basic Education Commission (UBEC) in Asaba, the state capital.
The SUBEB boss, who described the training as apt and timely, stated that it came at a time when there was an urgent need for an improved and sustained quality service delivery in terms of classroom practice and school management.
He enjoined Quality Assurance departments both in SUBEB and the various Local Government Education Authorities to ensure that all prescribed standards, aimed at achieving the required quality education were maintained.
“Quality Assurance which is the main subject of this training has been defined as the process of determining whether the products or services rendered meet societal expectations. The emphasis placed on Quality Assurance by the State Universal Basic Education Board, (SUBEB) and the Universal Basic Education Commission, (UBEC) is understandable against the backdrop of the general impression of falling standard in our educational institutions,” Ogwu said.
