Rivers State Governor, Nyesom Ezenwo Wike has assured the people of the state that he will reintroduce boarding schools with up to date facilities to improve the standard of education in the state. The governor spoke at the Government Girls Secondary School, Rumuokuta in Obio / Akpor Local Government Area on Wednesday after he paid an unscheduled visit to the school.
He
regretted the dilapidated state of facilities in most schools in the
state, saying that his administration will select pilot schools across
the state for upgrade as
model schools.
Governor Wike particularly
decried the condition of the Government Girls Secondary School
,Rumuokuta where all the laboratories and other facilities were allowed
to rot by the immediate past administration.
He
directed the immediate construction of a fence around the school and
the demolition of illegal structures within the property of the school.
The
governor also directed the construction of internal roads in the
school, saying that the school will serve as a pilot institution in the
new boarding school policy.
He
said : “ We are going to start the development of model boarding
schools across the state. Our intention is to develop a standard system
that will enhance learning for our children.
"The
development of model boarding schools will be done in phases
within the limit of the state's resources. In all the schools , we
shall have standard laboratories, libraries , proper fences for
security of students and comfortable classrooms".
Highpoint of the governor's unscheduled visit to the school was the interactive session he held with students of the school.
The reintroduction of boarding schools was one of the key campaign promises of Governor Wike.
Picture
: Rivers State Governor, Nyesom Ezenwo Wike acknowledging cheers
during his unscheduled visit to Government Girls Secondary School,
Rumuokuta in Obio / Akpor Local Government Area on Wednesday
Other pictures: Dilapidated facilities in the school
Simeon Nwakaudu,
June 17, 2015.
Government House, Port Harcourt.
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