The retirement of the 924 teachers should therefore be seen within the purview of the efforts of government to reposition education in the state. We cannot afford to neglect the quality of the teachers in our educational system if we are to become a leading state. This factor, the reporter in a bid to create impressions in the minds of the readers, failed to consider.

The teenagers unanimously said that the present situation in the country is bad, adding that almost everyone is responsible for the economic and moral decadence rocking the system. David Nnamdi from Wesley College maintained that, if President Goodluck Jonathan could just tackle the problem of electricity within the time limit he has in Aso-Rock, this generation and the ones unborn will remember him for that remarkable achievement.

The level of implementation of technical and vocational education and training (TVET) at the ECCDE/basic level is, according to Njoku, abysmally poor. He says: “Teacher/Pupil ratio is still very wide in many states, teaching facilities are extremely limited. There are no school farms in many school and handiwork is monetized and there is poor vocational training for non-transiting JSS pupils”.

The quiz competition, which tested the general and aptitude ability of the students, was a major highlight of the event. As a form of reward, Atlantic Hall and Grange Secondary School libraries will receive book prizes from ACCA.

ONE of the most vexing issues in Nigerian politics today is rotational presidency and the parliamentarians decided to bare their minds on the issue.