By; MKPUMA ENYINNA, Abakaliki
Ebonyi State Government has approved the upgrade of 39 secondary schools in the state into model schools to serve as moral reset factories for the children of the state.
The Commissioner for Information and State Orientation, Mr Jude Chikadibia Okpor, disclosed this on Wednesday, while briefing journalist on the outcome of Tuesday’s State Executive Council Meeting, which is the first for the year.
According to the Information Commissioner, Okpor, the state Executive Council also approved the introduction of the Spelling Bee, a perimeter survey of public primary and secondary schools in the state to avoid encroachment, which according to him, is gradually becoming a recurrent issue in state-owned facilities.
He said, ”Keeping to the tenets of His Excellency’s People’s Charter of Needs policy, especially in the area of quality education, the EXCO after thorough deliberation, approved the upgrade of thirty-nine (39) Secondary Schools in the state to Model Schools, with each local government allocated three. The schools at completion will not only be citadels of learning but will serve as moral reset factories for Ebonyi children..
“Considering the benefits of spelling drills to the basic stages of educational development, the EXCO approved the introduction of a Spelling Bee for primary and secondary schools.
“The council also approved the perimeter survey of public primary and secondary schools in the state to avoid encroachment, which is gradually becoming a recurrent issue in state-owned facilities,” he said.
He further noted that Exco has directed a total seal off of the illegal mining sites to ensure the safety of the lives of the people within the area.
” In a bid to permanently put an end to all illegal mining in Ameka, Ezza South LGA, particularly at Community Primary School, Amajim, the council constituted an EXCO Committee comprising the Honourable Attorney General and Commissioner for Justice, Honourable Commissioners for Solid Minerals, Lands & Survey, Commerce and Industry, Education (primary and secondary), and directed a total seal off of the illegal mining sites, and subsequent establishment of fortified security to ensure safety of lives of the people of the area”
