Kogi to rejig basic education for efficiency
27 March 2016 |
1:06 am
The Kogi State government has reiterated its determination to make basic education its top priority.
The Kogi State government has reiterated its determination to make basic education its top priority.
The Secretary to the state government, Dr. Arike Ayoade Folashade, said this during the swearing in of the chairman of the State Universal Basic Education Board (SUBEB), Barrister Justina Abanida.
She charged the new SUBEB chairman to bring her experience to bare in order to reposition the board for effective and efficient management of primary education in the state.
“The new government takes education as paramount; we take it as priority. If you are not informed; you would be deformed, because this administration is committed to reformation.
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