Students enrollment for the commencement of academic activities in the
newly established Army Command Science Secondary School in Efa, Etinan
Local Government Area of Akwa Ibom State begins in the month of August
2017.
Akwa Ibom State Governor Mr Udom Emmanuel announced this
when the Chief of Army Staff Lt. General Tukur Buratai represented by
the Head of Administration Army Headquarters, Abuja Major General Idris
Alkali, paid a courtesy call on him at Government House, Uyo.
Governor Emmanuel expressed appreciation to the Nigerian
Army for the choice of the State in the establishment of the Institution
saying that the Army Science School which will occupy the premises of
Salvation Army Secondary School in Etinan would be updated with modern
facilities to facilitate it immediate take-off.
"Let me register our appreciation to the Nigerian Army
espercially the Chief Of Army Staff for granting approval for the
establishment of the school. It's a rare privilege not a right. He could
have cited the school anywhere, so we must work hand in hand to make it
work." He stated.
" The school you 're seeing there was completely
delapidated but we' re in the process of bringing back the school to
life. I've dualised the road across the school to give easy access to
the school. We'll look at your check list and work towards providing
your requirement." The Governor assured.
Governor Emmanuel called on the Army Authorities to
complement the establishment of the Science School with an Army
Engineering Centre to offer training in vocational skills stressing that
the availability of Gas, Information and Communication Technology
compliant optical network would aid the centre in it training
programmes.
Earlier, the leader of the delegation and Head of
Administration Army Headquarters Abuja, Major General Idris Alkali, said
that the team is mandated to inspect Command Schools across the country
and that it has visited the facility which would accommodate the Army
Science School in the state and expressed delight that the
infrastructure found in the school would facilitate the take-off of the
Institution.
He observed that the Army has seen a dependable partner in
it educational development drive and commended the state government for
providing 3.5 Hectares of land alongside structures for the
establishment of the Institution.
While calling on the state government to bring up existing
facilities in the school to expected standard to befit the status of the
Science School, the Chief of Army Staff particularly commended the
state government as well as Efa Community in Etinan for the hospitality
accorded the team during the inspection visit.
The Commissioner for Education Pastor Paul Udofia who spoke
with Government House Correspondents expressed delight that facilities
found in the school has met the requirement of Nigerian Army.
He shaded light on preparations made by the state
government to ensure the commencement of academic programme in the
school saying that the Institution is undergoing rehabilitation to meet
the September dateline.
The Education Commissioner who was flanked by the Permanent
Secretary Ministry of Education Mrs Valere Obot, also addressed the
issue of inadequate teaching personnel in public Schools across the
state saying that Governor Emmanuel has set machinary in motion to
reverse the trend by granting approval for revalidation of the five
thousand teachers and that another round of recruitment would be carried
out as soon as there is improvement in the economy of the country.
Pastor Udofia also mentioned that public schools were
undergoing rehabilitation while some furniture items were being
distributed to schools through the Universal Basic Education programme.
On the preparedness for implementation of the Schools Home
Feed Programme, Pastor Udofia said that the state had been chosen for
the pilot scheme and assured that implementation of the scheme would
soon commence for students in public schools.
By Uwem Kerns - Uyo
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