March 21, (THEWILL) – The All Nigeria Confederation of Principals of Secondary Schools (ANCOPSS) has called for stiff sanctions against those who attack schools in Nigeria.
The National President of ANCOPSS, Alhaji Mohammed Ibn Musa, disclosed this after the group’s National Executive Council met in Calabar.
This year’s NEC meeting was themed, ‘Emerging Administrative and Management Innovations and Techniques for Handling Contemporary Issues and Challenges in Secondary Education.’
The national president said that the near absence of stringent measures in punishing offenders has made attacks on schools a lucrative business.
He however called for punitive measures to be meted to offenders and the resuscitation of the value system in the country.
Musa said, “The neglect of our value system and weak security architecture of our schools are responsible for the upsurge of attacks on schools.
“The near absence of stringent measures in punishing offenders and payment ransom being paid by governments and parents have continued to encourage attacks on schools as this has become a lucrative business.
“Government and the society in general should resuscitate the value system and there should be deliberate efforts to improve the security architecture around schools.
“Stringent punitive measures should be meted out to attackers to serve as detergent”, he said.
The ANCOPSS president also expressed concern for the reluctance of most state governments to domesticate the new retirement age and years of service in the face of an alarming dearth of teachers.
As part of its recommendations, ANCOPSS also called for a shift from the ineffective analogue system of teaching and learning to a digitalised system to meet up with global best practices in education service delivery.
The group charged the government on the provision of sustainable logistics for effective monitoring and supervision to ensure qualitative teaching and learning.
It also called on the government and all stakeholders to invest in the provision of ICT facilities in our schools for effective information management.
This year’s NEC Meeting was graced by dozens of principals from across the country.
