Executive Chairman of Benue State Universal Basic Education Board (SUBEB), Dr Grace Adagba has reaffirmed her commitment to upgrading public schools in the state.
Dr. Adagba made this known on Monday, on the occasion of her one year in office as Executive Chairman of the Board held at SUBEB Headquarters, Makurdi.
She affirmed that public schools in the state have started regaining their lost glory as the state government work towards upgrading them is already yielding tremendous results, saying in no time, they will surpass their private school counterparts.
The Executive Chairman enumerated her achievements within the last one year to include human resource development, infrastructure, ICT integration and academic excellence, adding that the board will continue to work towards the upgrading of basic education, as she called on the public to feel free to criticize the board in any area necessary and proffer suggestions and best ideas that would help improve basic education in the state.
Dr Adagba who commended Governor Hyacinth Alia for his continued support towards basic education in the state, which she noted has enabled the board to record massive achievements in the last year, also thanked the Board members and staff of SUBEB, Local Government Education Secretaries, partners and stakeholders for their support.
Commissioner for Energy Science, Technology and Innovation, Nick Eworo stated that he was at the occasion to identify with her success, “we are proud of this product, and I say a good product deserves a promotion”, he said.
In their separate remarks, The Executive Chairman of SUBEB, FCT, Alhassan Sul,e and his Nasarawa Statee counterpart, Isah Dan-Azum, both appreciated the transformation in the Dr Adagba-led board, which they stressed has revived basic education in Benue.
Benue State UBEC Coordinator, Emmanuel Baba commended Dr Adagba for her accomplishments so far and enjoined the pupils and students to imbibe the culture of reading, adding that the essence of developing public basic education is to build the intellectual capacity of students.
The high point of the event was quiz and debate competitions between selected public basic schools from Zones A, B and C, where students from Zone B came first, while Zones A and C took second and third positions and prizes were presented accordingly.
