VICTORIOUS EHIS' BLOG

Edo State Government through the Edo State Universal Basic Education Board (SUBEB), recently embarked on a massive rehabilitation of schools across the 18 local government areas of the State. About 234 schools have been captured in the rehabilitation exercise with 36 new buildings constructed from the scratch while others have undergone or are undergoing various forms of renovation. About 2,227 classrooms have so far been renovated, with 2,552 steel doors and 7,669 steel windows installed. About 94,064 square metre new roofs and 80,637 square metre floor tiles have been fixed. So far, over 2,163 white boards have been installed in public primary schools across the state. Usogun Primary School, Auchi, used to be characterized by dank and derelict structures until it was worn a new look by the current rehabilitation of schools. Today, the school has become a signature of all eyes. Also affected by the transformation drive of the Governor Godwin Obaseki administration, i

   The Edo State Governor, Mr Godwin Obaseki has said the state government would ensure that gains in digital teaching recorded in primary schools through the Edo Basic Education Sector Transformation (EdoBEST) initiative are sustained at the secondary school level by designating special junior secondary schools to offer digital teaching in the state. The governor gave the assurance on Thursday, 13th June, 2019 when he received members of the EdoBEST Digital Teachers’ Forum, who were at Government House, in Benin City, on a courtesy visit. He said his administration will sustain the transformation of the state and ensure that Edo people enjoy the dividends of democracy, noting, “Any politics that doesn’t develop people is bad politics. Politics that doesn't take from our collective good to support the weakest in the society is bad politics and that is what we are changing in Edo State.” He noted that the state government is making plans for Special Junior Secondary Schools a