Akwa Ibom State approve building of 10 computer laboratories in 10 select public secondary schools

   

GOVERNOR Udom Emmanuel of Akwa Ibom State has approved the building of 10 computer laboratories in 10 select public secondary schools across the state.

   The state Commissioner for Science and Technology, Dr Nse Essien, who disclosed this, at the weekend, during the inspection of some of the select secondary schools, said each of the 10 federal constituencies in the state would benefit from the education project.

   Among the schools selected for the pilot scheme inspected by  Essien and his team were Community Secondary Commercial School, Ikot Akpan Ishiet , Cornelia Corneli College, Afaha Oku and Gorretti Girls Secondary School in Onna, Uyo and  Ikot Ekpene Local Government  Areas, respectively.

    In his remarks earlier, the project resource person and a former Commissioner for Economic Development in the last administration, Jerry Akpan, explained that government has intention to extend the project to other secondary schools across the state in due course.