The Government of Ebonyi state Tuesday said it has set aside the sum of N1bn for the empowerment of widows, youths and less privileged and training of teachers in the state.
It said that N500 million is for teachers’ training while the other N500million is for empowerment of widows, youths and less privileged.
The State Commissioner for Information and State Orientation, Barr. Uchenna Orji, and his Education counterpart, Dr. Onyebuchi Chima announced this while briefing journalists on the outcome of the state Executive council meeting.
It added that another sum of 50 million naira was also approved for Gifted School, a special school which would train the best students harvested from various parts of the state.
The school will take off with 200 students on 10th of next month.
“The state Executive council today approved the sum of N500million for training of teachers. We are training them on method of teaching after which we will organize examination for them to ensure they don’t only get the method of teaching but also specialize in the subjects they teach our children.
“A resolution was also taken and N50million was approved to harvest the best brains we have in our state as young as six and train them.They have a target goal to start school on 10th November, 2019. Our target is that the school will start with 200 students”, Chima said.
On his part, Orji said human capital development was critical in the economic development of the state and that it was why the government places high premium on empowerment of the people.
