FG plans N1tn smart schools, N1.2tn model schools

THE Federal Government has said it will soon commence the construction of 17 additional smart schools in states that are yet to benefit from the intervention.

The Executive Secretary, Universal Basic Education Commission, Dr Hamid Bobboyi, disclosed on Wednesday at a press conference in Abuja to mark the 2021 International Children’s Day.

Bobboyi gave a breakdown of the cost of constructing the schools and said each of the six smart schools located in the six geopolitical zones was constructed at approximately with N600m while N350m each would be spent on constructing model smart schools in each state of the federation.

The UBEC boss also disclosed that while 20 of the smart schools were already completed, construction work on the remaining 17 would commence in the next one month.

“So far, we have 20. Our hope is that in the next one month, we will ensure that the remaining states that do not have the model schools have them; the construction will start very soon,” he said.

He also noted that the idea about the construction of the smart schools was to ensure that children in the country competed effectively in the 21st century, adding that in many parts of the world, e-learning had become an integral part of the school system and Nigeria could not afford to be left behind.

Source: PUNCH.