Kwara State Governor, AbdulRahman AbdulRazaq has begun rehabilitation in 31 public schools across the state.
While disclosing this in Ilorin on Tuesday 4th February, 2020, the governor said the it would signal the beginning of a new era for the education sector.
AbdulRazaq, who launched the exercise at Baboko Community Secondary Schoolmaster in Ilorin, said three blocks of six classrooms in the school would be rehabilitated and equipped with modern information communication facilities.
The governor disclosed that the 31 schools are the first phase of the rehabilitation.
The school rehabilitation launch occurred barely one hour after AbdulRazaq supervised the distribution of 932,572 free copies of customised 20, 40 and 80 leaves of exercise books for public school children.
“The lack of a conducive learning environment and longstanding failure to properly fund education are responsible for the rampant incidence of examination malpractices in the state’s schools,” the governor said.
“We are working to end this menace and return Kwara to the top of the table in the Northcentral and beyond,” he added.
The governor also disclosed that his administration has approved the payment of N30.5m penalties imposed on some schools in Kwara for malpractices in last year’s secondary school leaving examination.
AbdulRazaq said the government would soon hold an education summit bringing together all the stakeholders and private sector players to discuss the challenges and evolve with workable solutions.
Kwara State Education Commissioner, Fatimah Ahmed, hailed the governor for his giant strides in the sector.
“The administration has also provided N5million worth of teaching aids and other basic equipment at the special needs school. It sponsored the 2019 common entrance, and the recent approval of routine training for teachers in the state,” she said.
Stakeholders in the education sector praised the governor for his determined effort to bring sanity and standard to the sector.
