2 Students Passed WAEC In Borno Senatorial district

by INUSA NDAHI 

Borno State government has concluded plans to introduce volunteer teachers scheme in all primary and post primary schools in the state in order to address the problem of decay in the education sector at the two levels.
 Governor Kashim Shettima who disclosed this while distributing science and instructional materials to some secondary school students in the state last week, said he and members of his cabinet would be directly involve in the scheme. There is no doubt that education is the priority of this government and all effort will be made to not only rehabilitate school infrastructures but also provide the required facilities and instructional materials for teaching and learning in our school system, Governor Shettima said.
The governor, who lamented the deplorable condition of education in the state, added that his administration would seek partnership with University of Maiduguri (UNIMAID) to carry out the scheme. While lamenting that in the last three years, only two students passed the Senior Secondary Schools Examination (SSCE) in Borno North Senatorial District comprising 10 local government council areas, Shettima disclosed that he and members of his cabinet would go into discussion and come out with a master plan that will change the face of education of the state for better.
He disclosed that contract have been awarded for the rehabilitation of nine secondary schools in the three senatorial districts of the state. Earlier, the state Commissioner for Education, Inuwa Kubo in his address called on the governor to look into the report of the education committee set up at the inception of his administration for further action.

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