Cross River Commences Schools Rehabilitation

The Cross River Government says it has commenced the process of rehabilitating 250 schools across the state as part of effort toward achieving the MDGs targets.

Mr Roy Ndoma-Egba, the Special Adviser to the Governor on MDGs and Donour Agencies, disclosed this in an interview with the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) in Calabar.

He also said that the government through the Ministry of Education has signed a partnership agreement with a private sector establishment for the equipping of schools in the state.

“Right now, we are working toward rehabilitating 250 schools across the state. The government also recently singed a partnership agreement with the private sector for the equipping of schools in the state.

“All these were deliberate programmes of the government toward achieving the MDGs targets before 2015,” he said.

Ndoma-Egba further stated that Gov. Liyel Imoke had deep interest in the development of education which“ is under the goal 11 of the MDGs”.

He said that through the State Universal Basic Education (SUBEB), the government had also rehabilitated more than 60 schools across the 18 local government areas of the state.

“The government has also equipped these schools with modern technology such as computers and iPods

“The government is also embarking on training of technical manpower in the schools in order to meet the challenges of the MDGs in 2015,” he said.

According to him, in spite of the lean financial resources of the state, the government is committed to meeting its counterpart funding in the programme.