The transfer of National Capital District (NCD) education service function to the Commission by the National Government, marks a new beginning for quality education in the city. The journey started some 13 years ago when National Capital District Governor Powes Parkop first took office. Today the National Department of Education signed the MOU with the National Capital District Commission to transfer NCD Education Services functions to NCDC. The transfer was aimed at decentralising NCD education service powers to the Commission so it starts managing elementary, primary, secondary and TVET schools in the city. There are 96 elementary, primary, secondary and vocational institutions in the city. Formerly the division has a staff strength of 27 officers and 2,000 teachers with some 102,000 students citywide. “NEC has endorsed NCDC to take over education in our city. That is a great milestone. We have been pushing for it for a long time. “Even though the National Government has done its best to run the schools providing and seeking to provide quality education, good learning and teaching environment, it has been a great challenge. Because, the National Government is not designed to be an operational system of government. It is a policy oriented. It is the sub layer government operationalise all the policies of government,” said Governor Parkop. He said the functions of education, health and transport have been parked under the National Government for a long time. Health powers were transferred to the Commission via the NCD Provincial Health Authority on February 27 this year. “The result we see today is not as good as that we want it to be. I am pleased now that our National Government has now made this very important decision to hand over education to NCD to be driven by our municipal government NCDC. So let me say it from the onset we are ready. “We are willing and are able to work with Department of Education to take education to another level in the city. Our goal is very clear to provide and create the best teaching and learning environment in our city. We cannot ask for any less than that. We must aim for the high standard outcome. It is very critical for all other development outcomes we want for our country and our city,” he said. Their education goals, he said, are to ensure all students make it to Grade 12, quality infrastructure and learning, and early Student Learning and Training should be prioritized. NCDC Media Next : PM Marape Urges Kabiufa Adventist Secondary School Students To Be Faithful To God Comments are closed.
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