The Federal Capital Territory (FCT) has achieved a literacy level above 70 percent and ranks among the highest in Nigeria, according to the Minister of the FCT, Senator Bala Mohammed.
Making this disclosure at the 58th Annual National Congress of the All Nigeria Confederation of Principals of Secondary Schools (ANCOPSS), in Abuja, on Tuesday, the minister said the feat was solid dividend of investment in the education sub-sector by the FCT Administration.
The Minister, who was represented at the occasion by the FCT Permanent Secretary, Engr. John Obinna Chukwu said, remarked that the education sector in the FCT has enjoyed a priority position in its budgetary allocations under the Transformation Agenda of President Goodluck Jonathan.
He recalled that the greatest challenges his Administration had encountered on assumption of office was the unbearable high level of congestion in the classrooms due to the ever influx of people into the Territory.
Mohammed, who was the Special Guest of Honour at the occasion, reiterated that his Administration confronted the problem through “concerted programme of massive construction of more classrooms and establishment of new schools.
“In addition, to the provision of infrastructure, attention was paid to the procurement of instructional materials, as well as recruitment, promotion and development of teachers”.
He revealed that in the wake of the Ebola scare last year in the country, the FCT Administration expended N100 million to safeguard its school children and teachers.
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