By Muhammed Nasir Shuaibu (Bauchi State Correspondent)
The National Directorate of Employment (NDE) has collaborated with private tutors to offer special coaching to Senior Secondary School students to address and reduce examination failure in Bauchi state.
Speaking during the flag-off of the three-month coaching exercise in Bauchi on Thursday, the state Coordinator of NDE, Mr. Lawan Yaya, said that the program was a nationwide exercise under the Graduate Coaching Scheme (GCS) of NDE.
Yaya explained that the Director General of NDE, Malam Abubakar Fikpo, had given a directive that the exercise should be open to any students aspiring to participate in the West African Examination Council.
He added that the DG also directed that the coaching should be open to students who would be participating in the National Examination Council (NECO) and the Joint Admissions and Matriculation Board (JAMB).
"The management of NDE feels that our students that are participating in WAEC, NECO, and even JAMB are failing these exams massively, even though the teachers are trying their best.
"The Director General feels that it is time for NDE to come out with a novel scheme that will assist these school children by equipping them with more knowledge on how to write their exams and come out with flying colors.
"That's why we conceived this scheme and recruited personnel who are knowledgeable in various fields so that they can assist our children to see that they can pass their examinations," he said.
According to him, 33 private tutors were recruited across the three Senatorial districts of Bauchi state with 11 in each of the districts. He added that they would be engaging the students in all the subjects.
Yaya further explained that each of the tutors would be given a stipend of N20,000 per month to motivate them in discharging their responsibilities effectively.
He called on the tutors to see the program as an avenue to further serve their nation by helping the children of others to triumph in their academic pursuits.
"The students should see this as an ample opportunity for them because the training is free of charge and if they are going to pay for it somewhere, it would cost them some money.
"They should be up and doing. They should make sure they come in good time. They should listen to their instructors and whatever happens, they should abide by the rules and regulations of the center," Yaya said.
Speaking on behalf of others, a tutor, Salisu Ashiru, appreciated NDE for finding them worthy of the responsibility and promised to discharge their expected assignment diligently. NNL.
