The Anambra State Commissioner for Education, Ngozi Chuma-Udeh, has said the state made great revolution, rebuilding, restructuring and overhauling of the education sector in the first tenure of Prof. Chukwuma Soludo’s administration
Chuma-Udeh added that the revolution created a broader vision towards transforming the state into a technology-driven smart megacity with the “Smart Schools Project” as the bedrock of the educational transformation agenda.
She stated this in an interview with journalists in Awka, on Wednesday, adding that the educational revolution made Anambra State record the lowest number of out-of-school children across Africa.
She noted that the state government embarked on the massive reconstruction of schools, phasing out the moribund and non-functional educational infrastructure that it inherited.
According to the commissioner, one of the most important achievements the state recorded in the education sector is the free education policy, which has brought equitable and quality education to the doorstep of every Anambra child.
“Due to these reforms, Anambra State now has the lowest number of out-of-school children across Africa. Soludo’s achievements in the education sector include the abolition of the phenomenon of schools without teachers by employing 8,115 teachers, meeting global standards with a ratio of 26 pupils to one teacher in primary schools and 30 students to one teacher in secondary schools”
“Some of the most important achievements of the state government in the education sector are the free education policy, which has brought equitable and quality education to the doorstep of every Anambra child, and the massive reconstruction of schools following the inheritance of moribund educational infrastructure”
“The establishment of 21 smart schools aimed at equipping Anambra children with quality education that will make them productive at home and competitive abroad is also a milestone achievement in the education sector.
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“The governor has done much in the education sector, including improving the welfare of teachers whose salaries and other emoluments are paid as and when due. The governor is deeply appreciative of this.”
On her expectations from the governor as he begins his second term tenure from March 17, the commissioner called for an expansion of the smart schools so that every child will benefit from them, the institutionalisation of the free education policy so that the educational gap between the rich and the poor will be closed, as well as more school infrastructure development to ensure that communities that do not have schools will have them.
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