The Anambra State government has restated commitment to make education in the state sustainable.

 

The Commissioner for Education, Professor Ngozi Chuma-Udeh stated this during her visit to Community Secondary School Enugu-Abor Ufuma, Orumba North council area for on-the-spot assessment of the school.

Professor Chumah-Udeh told members of the community and the Old Boys Association of the school how Governor Chukwuma Soludo declared state of emergency on the education sector on inception of office, the employment of five thousand teachers, and the ongoing recruitment of another three thousand who will be posted to core Community schools because of the dearth of teachers there.

 

She also reiterated that the Soludo administration is on course to begin total rehabilitation of all schools in Anambra State including the Community Secondary School Enugu-Abor Ufuma, and promised to relay the pains and complaints of the school to Governor Soludo.

Earlier in her welcome address, the Principal of the school, Mrs Nkoli Anikpe said she became the Principal of the school three months ago and on assumption of office, saw the level of academic, infrastructural and moral decay in the school and cried out to the Old Boys Association and club of patrons to come to her aid.

 

Speaking on behalf of the President of the Old Boy’s Association, Chief Elvis Umeh, the Financial Secretary of the Association, Chief Charles Chukwu noted that the association is still at foundation stage but mentioned the projects they are carrying out presently which include the fencing of the school, renovating of science laboratories which would cost them twenty-million-naira, installation of gate among other projects.

In a vote of thanks, the outgoing President -General of Enugu-Abor Ufuma Development Union, Mr Victor Nwokolo who is also the Deputy Corps Marshal, Administration and Human Resources, FRSC, Abuja, appreciated the Commissioner, her entourage, members of the community and the Old Boys Association of the school for their efforts and said the works that needed to be done in the school are enormous hence the reason they cried to the state government for help.

 

The Commissioner, alongside members of the community, staff and management of the school, later inspected some of the dilapidated structures in the school for on-the-spot assessment.

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