11th August 2023
The meeting with SUBEB directors overseeing smart schools had 17 directors of Gombe, Kaduna, Katsina, Kano, Niger, Adamawa, Sokoto, Ekiti, Nasarawa, Bauchi, Kwara, Oyo, Osun, Benue, Cross River, Anambra States and the FCT, in attendance. The purpose of the meeting was to delineate the responsibilities of UBEC and SUBEBs before the take-off of the Smart Schools. The meeting also aimed to ascertain the availability of ICT components of Smart Schools, the admission process and to obtain reports from the SUBEBs on their readiness for the September 2023 academic session.
To this end, the meeting was informed that the smart schools have been handed over to the state and SUBEB will be in charge. However, UBEC will continue to participate in the running of the schools including funding, broadband cost, maintenance of ICT gadgets, training and retraining of the smart school personnel. The SUBEBs will be responsible for the recruitment and employment of staff based on standards set by UBEC. Maintenance of infrastructure, facilities, recurrent cost, salary scheme, security and feeding of learners will also be the responsibility of the SUBEBs.
At the end of the meeting, the directors of SUBEB smart schools gave their reports on their state’s readiness for the upcoming 2023/2024 academic session. Out of the represented States, Adamawa, Anambra, Bauchi, Cross River, Ekiti, Sokoto, Gombe, Nasarawa, Niger, Kaduna, Katsina, Kano, Kwara, Oyo, and the FCT all confirmed their readiness to begin. However, Benue State was the only state that expressed a lack of preparedness to commence operations in the Smart School.
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