The Kwara State Government has rehabilitated about 400 classrooms at the basic and senior secondary school levels this year and another set of 200 would soon be rehabilitated.
The step, the state government said, was taken in view of the fact that a vibrant education system requires appropriate infrastructure for it to be beneficial to pupils and students.
The Governor of Kwara State, Dr. Abdulfatah Ahmed, stated this in Ilorin, the state capital, on Monday at the inauguration of a new private sector driven Group of Schools, the Adrin Schools.
The governor, who commended the initiator of the schools for embracing the state government’s policy of a virile basic education culture, said that his administration would not hesitate to close down any school found to be violating the statutory standards for the education sector in the state.
Ahmed explained that government’s policy on education was informed by the realisation that “a child’s basic educational development is directly correlated to the foundation laid at the basic level.”
According to Ahmed: “We intend to strengthen the capacity of our Quality Assurance Unit to ensure that all public and private schools adhere to the teaching standards and benchmarks outlined in our educational policy, in pursuit of ensuring highest standards of teaching and learning in the state’s school system.”
Ahmed said his administration would complete the second phase of the rehabilitation of the State School for Special Needs while the International Vocational Centre, Ajasse-Ipo would be completed and the first set of students would be admitted during the coming year.
