FG to spend N47.5bn on upgrading 50 secondary schools

The National Senior Secondary Education Commission on Wednesday revealed that a total of 50 selected senior secondary schools will undergo infrastructural upgrades nationwide as part of its mandates as an intervention agency.

The Executive Secretary of the Commission, Dr. Iyela Ajayi, made this known during the groundbreaking ceremony for one of the 50 selected secondary schools in Koton Karfe, Kogi state.

Speaking during the ceremony, Iyela noted that a NEEDS assessment was conducted across the various selected schools. He further noted that the rehabilitation of the schools followed the mandate given by the President, Bola Tinubu.

Iyela noted that the upgrade of the 50 schools in the first phase will cost N47.5bn.

A NEEDS assessment is a systematic process for determining and addressing needs, or “gaps”, between current conditions, and desired conditions, or “wants.”

Iyela said, “This is just the first phase, when this phase is completed then we can then report to the president and Minister and say we have finished completion of this phase so they can come and complete this project and we will move unto the next phase. So those schools that are not going to benefit from the first phase I want them to be patient after the first phase we will come to them.

“The intervention for the first phase will cover about N47.5bn for the 50 schools.”

The PUNCH reports that NSSEC was established in 2021 under the administration of the former president Muhammadu Buhari with its mandates covering Senior Secondary Schools across the country.

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