The Executive Secretary of the Universal Basic Education Commission (UBEC), Dr HAMID BOBBOYI, has reiterated the commitment of the Federal Government towards the provision of quality and inclusive basic education in the country.

According to him, Nigeria could not attain the Sustainable Development Goals – Access to Equitable, Quality and Inclusive Education – at basic education institutions in the country without a deliberate commitment to providing access to quality education for special needs people including Nigerian children living with disabilities.

Dr BOBBOYI spoke during a capacity-building workshop for selected teachers on inclusive education delivery in basic education institutions in Nigeria held in three centres, Delta, Kaduna and Nasarawa states.

He disclosed that a total of 382 teachers were selected for the train-the-trainers capacity building in Delta, Kaduna, and Nasarawa States respectively, from 382 schools across the country on inclusive education principles, ideologies, and processes.

The UBEC boss further revealed that the Commission had already developed guidelines for the implementation of inclusive basic education in Nigeria, the training manual, and the facilitators' guide.

He, therefore, urged the Directors in the Zones, and the key Partner Special Education Desk Officers to adequately coordinate teachers from their respective states to ensure that they pay needed attention to the resource persons for the objectives of the workshop to be achieved.