Committee on Education For All Project (EDUFAP) has been inaugurated by the Kogi State government, aimed at developing and improving public schools, especially secondary schools across the 21 local government areas of the state.
Secretary to the State Government (SSG), Dr (Mrs) Folashade Ayoade Arike inaugurated the committees at Banquet Hall Government House, Lokoja on Monday.
Hon. Wemi Jones, the State’s Commissioner for Education, Science and Technology revealed that EDUFAP is an initiative designed to raise donations in cash and kind for the renovations, constructions, furnishing and equipping of schools, classrooms, science laboratories and school libraries across schools in the state.
The Commissioner stressed that EDUFAP would focus on the 285 secondary schools in the state which have no support from Universal Basic Education (UBEC) and TETFUND, presently catering for primary and tertiary school systems respectively.
According to him, "EDUFAP aims at sourcing for resources and materials and using them judiciously for schools in the state. He added that the project will enlighten, inform, and encourage stakeholders, organisations, institutions, donors, philanthropists and well-meaning individuals to support education.
The committees inaugurated include Strategic Committee, Core Committee and Expanded Committee.
