12,000 Abia Teachers To Be Trained For September Newlook Schools

Twelve thousand teachers in Abia State are billed for capacity building programme during this long vacation to prepare them for emerging newlook schools in the state next month.

In the same manner, the state government has set up a committee to identify about 180 public schools, whose land had been allegedly acquired by individuals during the immediate past administration.

The commissioner for information and culture, Okey Kanu, said these while briefing the media on this week’s executive committee meeting chaired by the governor, Alex Otti in Umuahia, the capital.

He said: “Government will not tolerate the greed and mindless impunity by a privileged few who have surreptitiously taken over lands belonging to government schools.”

Kanu equally condemned the misuse of private schools that were handed back to their owners, reminding their proprietors that such schools must be used strictly for educational purposes.

“Government insists that such schools must be used exclusively for educational activities and advises proprietors who find it difficult to run their schools to return them back” he added.

Speaking further on the committee,  Kanu explained that it is charged with recovering all encumbered schools and chaired by the chief of staff to the governor, Caleb Ajagba.

According to the commissioner, the commissioner for education, Uche Eme-Uche will serve is the secretary of the 7-member committee.