By Victor Akinkuolie, Ado-Ekiti
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Ekiti State Government has commenced the registration of pupils into public primary schools in the state for the 2021/2022 academic session.
Speaking during the registration at Holy Trinity Nursery and Primary school in Ado-Ekiti, the Chairman of the State Universal Basic Education Board (SUBEB), Professor Femi Akinwumi attributed the tremendous improvement in the quality of education in public schools in the last two years to the relentless efforts of the present administration in the state.
Akinwumi noted that government’s efforts are already yielding positive results as public schools in the state now have the required facilities and manpower to sustain a high quality education.
He also ascribed the excellent result of pupils of public primary schools in the state in the just concluded placement examinations and the obvious increase in school enrollment to the efforts of government in terms of improved infrastructure and capacity of teachers.
According to him the Fayemi administration had paid over N7.6 billion as counterpart funding to UBEC in the last two and half years, adding that the development paved way for the ongoing massive rehabilitation of school infrastructure and construction of additional school buildings in the state under the UBEC /SUBEB Intervention Projects.
He listed the projects so far executed under the arrangement to include 209 blocks of newly constructed classrooms, 553 blocks of renovated classrooms as well as the procurement of 11,102 units of pupils desks and benches, 21,536 units of pupils’ plastic chairs furniture and 10,971 units of teachers’ furniture.
Other newly completed projects in the basic education sector include the construction of perimeter fencing in 260 schools, construction of 288 VIP toilets, procurement of 648 units of Merry-go-round and 954 swings for early childhood education.
