This was contained in the preliminary report on secondary schools assessment carried out by a committee led by Professor Tukur Adamu.
The report revealed that most of the boar-ding schools have no beds for students and that even where there are available, the students sleep in “triple decker beds”.
Professor Adamu, while presenting the report to the governor, said most of the facilities such toilets, are over stretched, causing some students to defecate in open places including the kitchen area, where their meals are cooked.
He added that makeshift structures are used as offices and classrooms, especially in schools situated in rural areas.
On the meals served to students in the schools, Adamu said the problem at the state’s feeding agency was affecting the students, adding that on the day they visited one secondary school in Gusau, about 917 students missed their breakfast.
He said there were reports of cases of food diversion with the connivance of principals and that even where meals are served to the students, they were insufficient and under very poor hygienic condition.
Governor AbdulAziz Yari expressed shock at the revelation, saying that it is a collective problem that must be confronted. He promised to implement the recom-mendations of the report, irrespective of what it would cost him politically.
“We will implement the recommendations of the report. We are determined to bring back the lost glory of the education sector because had it been we were treated the way these children are being handled, we would not have been here as governors, permanent secretaries, professors and directors,” he said
Mitsubishi Outlander 2014: the future direction for Mitsubishi
THE 2014 Outlander serves as an illustration of the direction Mitsubishi is headed—away from niche performance appeal and a bold personality, and toward efficient, comfortable, and ubiquitous. The Mitsubishi Outlander is all of that, as the automaker tries to push for the middle of one of the fastest-growing areas of the market.
And it only takes seeing the new model—or seeing it next to the 2013—to get that message. While the outgoing Mitsubishi Outlander, with its blunt, shark-nose front end, wedgelike silhouette, and performance-tinged interior, channeled some of the spirit of the Evolution sport sedan in appearance, Mitsubishi is showing simplicity and practicality in this more restrained look.
Without the bulbous front-end styling and unfocused exterior look, we’d call it elegant (it is, in profile), but it’s not a sporty look, with its smooth sheetmetal and single beltline crease. Inside, ‘simple’ is also the way to describe the look of the rather low-set instrument panel. There aren’t a lot of buttons, and the layout and trims are modest but tasteful.
Now Mitsubishi may aspire to reach more value-minded families with the 2014 Mitsubishi Outlander, but it’ll need to be those who aren’t all that interested in fashion-forward design. Driving enjoyment, too, is no longer as much of a priority.
The former Outlander was also, we dare say, a better drive. Although heavy, especially in top GT form, this former version was tuned (deceptively) for the back roads.
The 2014 Outlander may be more nimble, thanks to an aggressive weight-loss plan in the structure that includes more high-tensile steel; and it might be a bit faster, by the numbers. But with a softer suspension and other changes aimed at refinement, it’s not more fun to drive. If you know the likes of the Nissan Rogue, Honda CR-V, and Toyota RAV4, the driving experience for the Outlander is fully competitive, if not a bit more refined.
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