The
acting Commandant of Nigerian Army Education Corps (NAEC) Brig. General Lawal
Abdullahi, has reiterated the commitment of the corps to the ongoing change
mantra policy of the present administration in the bid to ensure the
development of education sector in the country.
He
said the Nigerian army authority has concluded arrangement to upgrade the
Nigeria Army School of Education located at Sobi barracks, Ilorin, to the
status of awarding degree institution so as improve the quality of education of
all institutions in its folds.
Speaking at the second quarter stakeholders conference of
NAEC held in Ilorin recently, Abdullahi said there was no doubt that the
present administration in the country has been up and doing in the task of
enhancing the growth of education sector adding that the NAEC would leave no
stone unturned at complementing the efforts of the government in the task of
developing the sector.
“As part of moving NAEC forward, the Nigerian Army will
upgrade the Nigeria Army School of Education into awarding degree institution
as from next academic session.”
The gesture, he said, would provide an avenue for qualified
army officers to seek more knowledge in their intellectual development so as to
contribute their quota towards the development of the Nigerian Army.
The acting commandant added “the Nigerian Army has also given
approval for the establishment of Nigeria Certificate of Education (NCE) at the
school, adding that it would provide opportunity for both the civilians,
teaching and non-teaching staffs of the command primary and secondary schools
to seek more academic qualifications in their chosen career.”
He said this would assist the growth of education in the
country and thereby assisting the Nigerian Army to contribute their quota
towards the educational advancement of the nation.
He used the occasion to distribute instructional materials
and computers to command schools in the country to improve the academics
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