{"id":510,"date":"2025-07-17T21:07:10","date_gmt":"2025-07-17T21:07:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/tona.today\/?p=510"},"modified":"2025-07-17T21:33:12","modified_gmt":"2025-07-17T21:33:12","slug":"benue-uncovers-4000-substandard-schools","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/tona.today\/?p=510","title":{"rendered":"Benue uncovers 4,000 substandard schools"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>Benue State Governor, Hyacinth Alia, has said that about 4,000 mushroom schools have been discovered in the state.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Speaking through his Chief Press Secretary, Kula Tersoo, while briefing journalists about his achievements in the educational sector in the past two years on Thursday, the governor said that the mushroom schools were not conducive for learning and they do not have qualified teachers.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-video is-provider-youtube wp-block-embed-youtube wp-embed-aspect-4-3 wp-has-aspect-ratio\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Fireboy DML - Everyday (Official Video)\" width=\"980\" height=\"735\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/77YFPhgt8P0?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>While he declined to comment on the next step the government would take, Tersoo stated that 9,700 qualified teachers have been recruited into primary schools across the state.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The governor further said that in 2023\/2024, the government paid the external examination fees for about 19,000 students who sat for the West Africa Examination Council, the National Examination Council, and the National Business and Technical Examinations Board.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>He further stated that the present administration had cleared the backlog of 38 months of earned allowance for staff of the Moses Adasu University, formerly Benue State University.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>He said, \u201cThe present administration has stabilised the educational sector in the state with its various interventions, which is the reason our tertiary institutions have been having uninterrupted sessions since this administration came into office.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cFor instance, the backlog of 38 months of earned allowance owed to staff of the State University has been cleared.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cIt will also interest you to know that the present administration has recruited 9700 qualified primary school teachers to reposition our schools.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cAlso, the government has identified 4,000 schools that are substandard and not good for learning and do not have qualified teaching personnel.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cIn the 2023\/2024 academic session, this administration paid the WAEC fees for 8,119 students, NECO fees for 8,979 students, and also NABTEB fees for 1,547 students.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The governor said that his administration had successfully secured a license to establish a State University of Technology at Ihugh in the Vandeikiya local government area of the state. <a href=\"https:\/\/punchng.com\/benue-uncovers-4000-substandard-schools\/\">(Punch)<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Benue State Governor, Hyacinth Alia, has said that about 4,000 mushroom schools have been discovered in the state. 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