Bill to establish Federal College of Education (Special), Dukku scales first reading

The House of Representatives has approved first reading of a bill to alter the Federal Colleges of Education 2003 and create the Federal College of Education (Special) Dukku Gombe State.

The Federal College of Education is to be amended in order to allow for the building of the school in the Dukku Federal Constituency, according to the bill filed by Hon. Abdullahi El-rasheed.

The sponsor of the bill Hon. Abdullahi El-rasheed -said the bill will improve the aspirations of learning especially for those physically challeged.

He said that the establishment will make it the second of its kind in Nigeria as there is only one of such schools in the whole of Nigeria.

The major thing is that it’s an institution that we want to establish in Nigeria. This institution, we only have one of it in the south west, which is in Oyo. Federal College of Education (Special), in Oyo. It is meant to train Teachers that can teach people with disabilities and special needs.

Federal College of Education (Special), Oyo also known as FCE OYO was established on 5 October 1977, as Federal Advanced Teacher’s college (Special).Because the one in Oyo id already over stretched and we know the percentage of people with disabilities, more especially sign language. They don’t have much teachers. So, the main thing is to establish that school so that it compliments the one in the south west of Nigeria,” He  said.

He also said that one of such schools does not have the ability to teach the large number of students with special needs across Nigeria.

He added that the school would help in the teaching the students from the elementary class to higher level.

 

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