Students abandon school for lack of teachers in Nasarawa

SSS III students of the Government Secondary School (GSS) Angwan Jarmai in Kokona local government area of Nasarawa state have abandoned school for lack of teachers even as they prepare to write their final examination.
The students numbering about 95, were absent from school, leaving behind only four of their classmates because there were no teachers in the school to teach them even in their final year.
Our reporter made the discovery on Friday when the chairman of the Nasarawa State Universal Basic Education Board (NSUBEB), Malam Abdulkarim Muhammad Abdullahi paid a visit to the school in continuation of his statewide inspection and monitoring of schools.
Investigations also indicated that even while the school lacks the adequate number of teachers, 10 of the teachers were recently transferred from the school but without replacement, with presently the school having only 10 teachers for both the junior and senior secondary schools.
According to one of the teachers who conducted the NSUBEB chairman round the school, with the principal away on official function in Lafia, three of the teachers were absent as at the time of the visit.
One of the students in JSS I, Happiness Emeka, confirmed to our reporter that they lack teachers to handle five subjects namely; basic science, social studies, home economics, Hausa and physical health education.
Emmanuel John, one of the four remaining students of SSS III, confided to journalists that most of the students abandoned school because there are no teachers in the school.
When asked how he intends to write and even pass his final year examination, Emmanuel turned philosophical, saying God will see him through.
“Most of us resort to extra mural classes. I take extra lessons in Mathematics and English given to us by Corps members”, he explained.
Source: Peoples Daily