Executive Chairman of Anambra State Universal Basic Education Board, ASUBEB, Dr. Vera Nkiru Nwadinobi has issued final warning to Local Government Education Authority Information Management System Officers (EMIS) and Head of Adminstration of 21 LGEA’s and Quality Assurance Offices of the 21 Local Government Education Authorities to always provide timely accurate data to the Board.
Executive Chairman of ASUBEB, Dr. Vera Nwadinobi gave the warning during an emergency meeting with the Quality Assurance, Administration and Education Management, and Education Information System officers ( EMIS) of the (21) twenty-one Local Government Education Authorities of the state, held at the ASUBEB headquarters in Awka.
The emergency meeting followed reports of inaccurate data filed by some of the officers, which spell confusion in the state government planning process.
Recall that Government had distributed laptops and computers to the headteachers of public schools and the LGEA officers, to digitize and ease the entire process of submission of data from headteachers.
Addressing the officers, Dr Nwadinobi said the vision of Governor Chukwuma Soludo’s administration to digitize the State Education system is on course, noting that the Governor has a lot of laudable plans for the education system, just as she stressed the need for officers to be partners and not cogs in the wheel of the process.
She emphasized that only accurate data will enable the state government to plan effectively for the sector, warning the officers against sabotaging the government vision by providing inaccurate data or by not providing them timeously.
ASUBEB boss further disclosed that the Board would introduce sanctions for any offending officer.
“You will henceforth, be given an undertaking to sign to make sure that your data are submitted every month and on time too. Anyone who fails to do so risks losing their monthly salaries.
“We want our Planning, Research and Statistics, PRS department to be up and doing because a lot depends on them.
“So, this is the last warning for everyone to sit up and ensure that they play their expected roles in the transformation of the basic education system in the state.
“Mr Governor has made huge investments in procuring these laptops for you. The least you can do is to deploy them to make your work seamless and achieve results for the state,” she stressed.
The attendees at the meeting had the opportunity to ask questions and get answers on some grey areas of the data gathering and submission process.
The Board Secretary, Mrs Loveline Mgbemena, Director Quality Assurance, Lady Stella Ezepue, Director Administration, Ifeoma Okuma and ASUBEB EMIS Head of Unit, Henrietta Mmuo were in attendance during the meeting.
