By Gilbert Azeem Tiroog
Zanlerigu (U/E), March 7, GNA – The Nabdam District Education Directorate has raised concern over critical challenges affecting the delivery of quality education in the area.
It mentioned inadequate classroom infrastructure, shortage of teachers, and lack of essential learning facilities as critical challenges still confronting education in the area.
Ms Gladys Ayamga, the Nabdam District Director of Education, said the situation continued to hamper efforts to improve teaching and learning outcomes across the district.
She disclosed this during the 69th Independence Day celebration under the theme; “Building Prosperity, restoring hope” held at Zanlerigu in the Nabdam District.
Ms Ayamga said although education remained the strongest foundation for building sustainable prosperity and restoring hope among citizens, several constraints were making it difficult for the Directorate to effectively deliver on its mandate.
The Director also noted that the district lacked a science laboratory at the district’s only senior high school, a situation she said limited students’ practical exposure to science education.
She further indicated that the Directorate did not have a permanent office structure, which affected administrative work and coordination of educational activities.
Ms Ayamga added that monitoring of schools was also affected due to lack of fuel allocation, making it difficult for officers to effectively supervise teaching and learning across the district.
Another worrying development, she said, was the high level of school dropouts, which she attributed to mining activities that continued to draw some children away from school.
Despite the challenges, the Director said the Directorate had recorded some notable achievements.
These included the successful monitoring of the 2025 Basic Education Certificate Examination (BECE) at four designated centres in the district and the organisation of refresher training programmes for headteachers on school management and record keeping.
She said the Directorate had also implemented STEM practical lessons in all Junior High Schools in the district and organised a spelling Bee competition for schools with support from benevolent organizations.
Ms Ayamga expressed gratitude to the Nabdam District Assembly, the Member of Parliament, civil society organisations, and development partners for supporting education delivery in the district.
Responding to some of the concerns raised by the Education Directorate, Mr Francis Yenwona Tobig, the Nabdam District Chief Executive (DCE), said government remained committed to improving educational infrastructure and access across the country.
He said government had announced plans to construct 200 kindergarten, 200 primary schools and 200 junior high schools nationwide in 2026 to address infrastructure gaps within the education sector.
Mr Tobig also disclosed that government had strengthened interventions aimed at improving teaching and learning conditions, including the rollout of the Teacher Housing Initiative, which seeks to construct 50,000 housing units nationwide, particularly for teachers serving in remote communities.
He added that the Nabdam District Assembly had already undertaken some education-related projects, including the construction of a three-unit classroom block at Damok, a two-unit kindergarten block at Nkwiznesi, and the rehabilitation of the Tindongo Junior High School, as part of efforts to improve the learning environment for students.
The DCE urged students to remain disciplined, avoid drug abuse, and focus on their studies, stressing that the prosperity of the country depended on the knowledge and skills of the youth.
GNA
Edited by Caesar Abagali/Kenneth Odeng Adade