Giving details of the spending,Ms Ronke Azeez, Special Adviser to the Governor on Eko Project disclosed that the $90 million loan provided direct funding to schools between 2009 to 2013. According to her, “N 2.4billion of the loan was spent on the training of 16,445 teachers and 7,998 principals during the programme period, while N2.1billion was spent on students tracking and assessment over the period and N480million was also spent on teachers mentoring programme and allowances of volunteer teachers.” The Special Adviser said an average of N10million was released to each of 667 schools during the period while N40million was released to each of 104 federal unity schools under the Step-B project. Azeez said the government procured 839 projectors,753 internet modems,3,441 softwares,656 generators for schools during the period. “To improve reading culture during the period, the government created 525 libraries,305,000 textbooks,423 students work book and about 10,899 reference materials.“she said. She said the government spent some of the funds on 7,786 white boards,20,592 mathematical set ,4668 teaching modules,and procurement of 52,532 furniture. - See more at: vanguardngr/2014/06/spent-90m-world-bank-education-loan-fashola/#sthash.LlIK4jrT.dpuf
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