NDE begins move to end deficiency in senior school examinations in Taraba
By Terna Chikpa, Jalingo
The National Directorate of Employment (NDE), on Monday commenced orientation for Graduate Coaching Scheme (GCS), to help student with deficiency in JAMB, WAEC, NECO and GCE examinations to make up the grades that will qualify them for university admission.
Alhaji Danjuma Shehu, the Taraba state Programme Coordinator noted at the event in Jalingo that the scheme designed under the special public works department, was also targeted at creating employment for the unemployed graduate of tertiary education in the state.
“It is a concept developed to help student that have deficiency in their various senior school examinations like JAMB, WAEC, NECO and GCE examinations to make up for such grades that will qualify them for university admission. It is also to helps produce quality employable and marketable personnel for medium-scale enterprises.
“The objective of the scheme is to improves and provides qualitative education to those with deficiency in their grades and also create employment for unemploy graduates.
“The scheme will be implemented in the three senatorial zones of the state with Jalingo, Takum and Gassol local governments as training centers for North, south and Central respectively.
“The 3 months training scheme will only recruit participants with degree certificate and HND holder in education with N20 as a monthly stipends,” the programme coordinator explained.
Responding on behalf of the participants, Mr. Aliyu Musa, assured that they would do their best to ensure that the most needed knowledge is impacted to the students to achieve in their examination and build quality education in the state.
