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As part of efforts to overhaul the education sector in the State, Enugu government has presented 30 school buses to the various Science, Technical, and Vocational Schools in the state.
This is coming amid the vow by governor Peter Mbah, of overhauling the education system in the state, making it the best in the country.
Presenting the buses to the principals of the schools at an event in Enugu at the weekend, Governor Peter Mbah stated that the gesture reflected his administration’s commitment to prioritising education and ensuring the welfare of both staff and students throughout the state.
While assuring quality learning in all the schools, Mbah, who was represented by the Special Adviser to the Governor on Education Innovation, as well as the Director of Exponential Learning, Enugu Smart Green Schools, Dr. Chinyere Onyishi, said the buses were to aid them in the discharge of their duties, ensuring that distance would no longer be a barrier to their optimal performance.
The Governor maintained that the education sector has witnessed an unprecedented development under his administration, evidenced by its devotion of 33% of its budgetary allocations to the sector in two successive fiscal years, with a view to equipping students in the state to compete favourably with their peers in developed countries.
Earlier, the Chairman, Science, Technical and Educational Management Board, Dr. Amaka Ngene, commended the governor’s efforts in the area of education which she said was marked by disruptive innovation, assuring that the board would do its best to ensure that the vision of governor Mbah was realized, especially in the area of vocational education.
According to her, the board had already given orientation to the principals and drivers on how the buses should be used and the purpose they were meant to serve, adding that they had signed an undertaking to that effect.
In their separate responses, the Chief Supervising Principal, Nsukka Education Zone, Mr. Alumona Sylvester Chukwuemeka, and the Principal of Special Science School, Oghe Ezeagu local government area, appreciated the governor for his kind gestures towards the schools, saying that the school buses would help them tremendously in the discharge of their duties.
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