2023: Ebonyi State APGA Governorship Candidate promises accessible, affordable education

Professor Benard Odoh, the Candidate of the All Progressives Grand Alliance (APGA) for the 2023 governorship election in Ebonyi State, promises to lead the development and implementation of a legal policy framework that would make education accessible and affordable in the State if elected.

Odoh, who stated this at the weekend, said under his leadership as Governor-Elect, every Ebonyi child under 16 must be in school learning.

“Under my leadership as your governor, I’ll lead the development and implementation of legal and policy framework that makes basic education accessible and affordable. All Ebonyi children under 16 years of age must be in school learning.”

The former Secretary to Ebonyi State government said his administration’s policies on education would focus on developing digital literacy, critical thinking, practical and hands-on learning, and ensure that every child had equal opportunities at the primary level.

“Our policies on education will focus on developing digital literacy, critical thinking, practical and hands-on learning; every child should have equal educational opportunities at the primary level. We shall aim to implement the world bank pupil/student-to-teacher ratio and extant and effective teacher training programs.

“Our goal is to make our education across all levels very egalitarian,” Odoh said.

The former university Lecturer also pledged to create a sustainable education and tech tourism hub that would play host to investors in new private universities frontiers, adding that the envisioned education and tech hub would provide a well-planned city layout of not less than 1000 hectares with access to high-speed internet hotshots for the internet of things and digital learning.

“We shall create a sustainable education and tech tourism hub which will host investors in new private universities frontiers.

“The envisioned education and tech hub will provide a well-planned city layout of not less than 1000 hectares with access to high-speed internet hotshots for the internet of things and digital learning.

“This will prepare our young people with fit-for-purpose skill-sets to compete in this era of 4th industrial revolution. We will make our people our most significant asset for the future.

“Ebonyi will become the best destination for investors in private universities and tech ventures,” he concluded.

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