THE Federal Government has earmarked N47.5 billion for the upgrade of 50 secondary schools nationwide and to equip them with state-of-the-art teaching and learning infrastructure.
Executive Secretary of the National Senior Secondary Education Commission (NSSEC), Dr Iyela Ajayi, disclosed this while flagging off the infrastructure upgrade at Government Secondary School, Koton Karfe, Kogi State.
According to him, this marked the first phase of the commission’s intervention strategy.
Nigerian Tribune gathered that under the project, educational facilities in the beneficiary institutions will be modernised to create enhanced learning environments, equipping schools with the resources needed to prepare students for a competitive future.
The NSSEC boss explained that the intervention covers infrastructure, provision of facilities, and capacity building, and noted that each state in the federation will have at least one school touched in this first phase.
While emphasising the importance of the project in view of the deplorable conditions of some of the schools, Ajayi lauded President Bola Tinubu for approving the project, noting that an assessment of over 40,000 senior secondary schools in Nigeria highlighted an urgent need for intervention.
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