Educational Resource Center (ERC), Adamawa state has blamed some stakeholders in the education sector for the troubles and backwardness that adversely affected the effectiveness of the center.
According to center, out of its departments, it is only one which is the Resource Center that is functional at the moment, insisting that some critical stakeholders in the sector have contributed a lot in bringing the departments on its knees.
Also, the center has lamented that lack of funding has compounded to its many challenges thereby, making it difficult to live up to its statutory responsibility.
The Executive Director of the Center, Mohammed Tukur, made the lamentation while receiving the Chairman and Members of the Adamawa State House of Assembly Standing Committee on Education who were in his office on a familiarisation tour.
Though, the Director could not mention names of some of the stakeholders he had blamed, but added that their nonchalant attitude has negatively affected the center, explaining that the center is now handicapped despite its owned laws.
Tukur told the committee that he has done all he could, but due to lack of funds, the center has not been able to live up to its expectations, adding that he center could not go beyond what it is doing currently because it has only one functional department.
He said that the center has 4 directorates headed by the Executive Director, and that the major function of the center is to develop teaching and learning materials and curriculum in line with the curriculum that is developed at the national level.
He stated that the organisation is collaborating with national body in decision making in all aspect of education, but subject to implementation by the state, urging on the committee to look into the challenges affecting the center in order to address them.
Muhammed Tukur pledged to present some its nagging challenges to the house for legislative action so as to fast fact the decisions of the center in order to meet the educational desire of the present administration.
Earlier in his specch, the Chairman of the Committee and Member representing Hong constituency, Hon. Bathiya Wesley, pledged the readiness of his committee to synergise with center to enable the house legislate on challenges affecting it.
Hon. Bathiya said any society that fails to accord premium attention on the sector, it will not progress, saying that his committee has undertaken the tour so as to acquaint itself with the organisations under it.
He told them that the committee will visit ministries, departments and agencies under it for oversight functions with a view to revitalising the sector in the interest of the state.
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