By Hope-Feyisayo Temitope
The Federal Government said it has commenced an upgrade of infrastructures in senior secondary schools in Nigeria to create a conducive trend of teaching and learning environment.
Starting with some selected Senior Secondary Schools in Kogi State, the government stated that the intervention mission will be done through the Federal Ministry of Education.
As more attention would be given to infrastructures, laboratories, libraries, teachers empowerment, and other aspects that would significantly improve standards in the schools.
Kogi State Commissioner for Education, Jones, in his remarks, commended the Federal Government for the establishment of NSSEC (National Senior Secondary Education Commission) to regulate senior secondary schools education, and assured that Kogi State government is committed to seeing the growth of education in the state, hence the upward review of the education budget in the state to 30 per cent.
He also noted that the state government is working towards establishing more senior secondary schools in every local government within the first four years of the administration to enhance the accessibility of senior secondary schools in the local government levels.
He further made known the commitment of the state government in ensuring that the out-of- school children challenge is reduced to a barest minimum by the state effort in declaring free education with the payment of WAEC, NECO, JAMB, NABTEB, JUNIOR WAEC examinations.
He then assured the NSSEC boss that the state will surpass every minimum standard that the commission would set as a bench mark for all senior secondary schools in the country.