The Universal Basic Education Commission UBEC has earmarked the sum of 2 billion naira for the conduct of the 2022 National Personnel Audit NPA. Executive Secretary of the Commission, Dr. Hamid Bobboyi disclosed this at a news in Abuja on the 2022 National Personnel Audit.
He said the exercise which will be implemented in two phases has already commenced in 17 States of the country, specifically in the South-East and South-south.
Bobboyi further clarified that the Northern phase covering 19states and the Federal Capital Territory will begin on the 4th of July and ends on Saturday, 23rd July, 2022.
Bobboyi who also reacted on the importance of the exercise said data generated would enable the government to plan effectively towards expansion of access to quality education and promoting gender parity at basic and other levels of education.
Earlier in his remarks, the Chairman of the 2022 NPA, Prof. Bala Zakari, said the Commission had generated list of basic schools in each Local Government Areas from State Universal Basic Education to address issues of hard to reach areas and places facing security challenges.
The scope of UBEC first attempt at addressing data challenge in basic education sub sector in 2006 and 2010 , was limited to only public schools, with a more comprehensive exercise in 2018 which was extended to the private school sub sector.
