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Kogi state government has concluded arrangement to employ a total of three thousand Nine hundred and seventy nine teachers to beef up the quality and quantity of teachers in the secondary schools across the state.
Commissioner of Education , Science and Technology,Honourable Wemi Jones, disclosed to Journalists on Wednesday after a tour of education facilities at the newly constricted ultra modern GYB Model Science Secondary School, Adankolo in Lokoja.
He disclosed that the model science schools are located across the three Senatorial zones of state to increase access to government funded education as a reprieve for parents and their wards.
The Commissioner added that as part of Gov. Bello ‘ s commitment to access to education had established Confluence University of Science and Technology, Osara, which he said has since commenced lectures .
He assured that the University would absorb the students seeking higher education in sciences, technology and medicine, as the National Universities Commission (NUC) has accredited several courses.
Hon. Wemi Jones explained that the Prince Abubakar Audu University, Ayingba and the Teaching Hospital have been developed and equipped for conductive and thorough learning and teaching.
He announced that the State Government has planned to employ 3,979 teachers out of which 3,100 have passed the qualifying test, assuring that the exercise will be continuous.
In a bid to ensure that every child goes to school in the state, Kogi Education Law has been enacted to guide and regulate the system, the Commissioner said.
” Any school age Child seen hawking or roaming the streets would be arrested and the parents will be prosecuted at the appropriate court for violating education law of the state.
Meanwhile, the Chairman Nigeria Union of Journalists, Kogi state Council, Comrade Adeiza Momojimoh, commended the state government for the wonderful achievement in education sector.
He however noted with dissatisfaction, the government’s inability to carry along the press, which he said has kept the citizens in the dark of his development strides
