2,424 schools shut down in Benue State

2,424 schools, has been closed down by the Benue State Government.

The state commissioner for Education, Science and Technology, Professor Dennis Ityavyar, who made this known revealed that the schools  closed down failed to meet the necessary requirement; good environment, play ground and good classrooms.

Ityavyar gave the breakdown of schools to include; 1,977 primary, 433 secondary schools and 14 tertiary institutions cut across the three senatorial districts of the state.

The commissioner said,

 “the decision to embark on the closure of illegal schools across the 23 local governments of the state is a deliberate step towards improving the standards of quality education in the state.”

He warned the authority of the closed schools to adhere to the closure order until all the criteria are met adding that whoever who float the order will face prosecution.