Education
Rivers UBE Gets N75m Best Performance Award
The Rivers State Universal Basic Education Board (RSUBEB) has won the Award for Best Performance of N75 million for 2007/2008 in the Federal Government of Nigeria and the Universal Basic Education Intervention Projects in the South-South states.
Sir Alli Oruitemeka, executive chairman of theRSUBEB, made this known on Thursday, in a keynote address during a one-day capacity building workshop for project officers and support staff of the RSUBE’s e-library.
While noting that the board has inherited a Best Performance Award of N100 million in 2005/2006, Oruitemeka credited the feat to a collective effort of both the staff and members of the board.
“As I speak with you today, I can say with joy that by divine enablement and the collective efforts of all of us in the contribution to the growth of education in the state, we have achieved the said awards”, he stated.
Oruitemeka continued, “that for two successive awards, we are the best in the South-South geo-polictical zone. It is time for us to move higher. Our target is attaining the overall National Best during the forth-coming 2009/2010 National Award”.
According to him, a total of 23 model 14-classroom blocks have been recently awarded for construction from combined 2007/2008/2001 FGN/UBE intervention funds, with a completion target of six months.
Towards the end of the completion of these classrooms, contracts for the furnishing will also be awarded.
Oruitemeka stated further that the objective of the training programme for the project officers and support staff, whose primary responsibilities are to ensure smooth execution of all on-going projects, is to acquaint the participants with the necessary tools that will aid and sharpen their skills on the job.
“The expected outcome of the workshop is to have team of well-informed, experienced and dutiful work force that can stand the test of time anywhere, as well as being able to apply site safety rules and conducts to effectively monitor, supervise, manage and evaluate projects that will ensure value for life and money in the most corruption-free manner”, he said.
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The River State Commissioner for Education, Dr Peters Nwagor has called on media practitioners in Rivers State to deploy their various communication platforms toward promoting government programmes and policies aimed at achieving sustainable development in the education sector. Dr. Nwagor made the appeal when members of the Etche Ethnic Practicing Journalists (EEPJ) paid him a courtesy visit in Office in Port Harcourt. The Commissioner emphasized the strategic role of the media in shaping public perception, promoting government initiatives, and supporting policies capable of improving the quality of education and human capital development in the state. According to him, constructive media engagement remains essential in creating public awareness on educational reforms, students’ welfare, infrastructural improvements, and other interventions being implemented by the state government. Speaking on the recent appro
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