From Uche Nnorom, Makurdi
Benue State Chairman, State Universal Basic Education Board,SUBEB, Joseph Utse has said over 3000 teachers have been engaged in the twilight of the Ortom administration.
He disclosed this in an interview with our correspondent at the weekend.
Utse maintained that the administration has in no small measure given priority to basic education.
He said 1,855 schools were constructed, 2,191 classrooms renovated, 264 bore holes dug, 80,384 furniture purchased for schools,616 teachers tables and chairs provided.
Utse added that 115 motorcycles were acquired, 158 computers and accessories, 14 laptops,14 printers, 20 and 10 tablets for e-monitoring and e-quality respectively provided for teachers in the State.
The SUBEB boss further intimated that the sum of 21.5 billion naira was received from UBEC with counterpart funding from the State Governemt to train head teachers, teachers and education managers from the period 2015 to 2021.
He however, advised the incoming governmentt to improve on what the outgoing government has done by employing more teachers and giving priority to their welfare.
