The
Nigerian Air Force (NAF) has commissioned the Air Force Comprehensive School
(AFCS) Kaduna. The school, which existed as a day secondary school, was
recently remodelled, renovated, expanded and upgraded, by the NAF, to a
comprehensive School to enhance service delivery. The Executive Governor of
Kaduna State, Mallam Nasir El-Rufai OFR, ably represented by the Commissioner
of Education Kaduna State, Professor Andrew Nok, was the Guest of Honour at the commissioning
ceremony. In his remarks, the Guest of Honour stated that the milestone
achievement could not have been possible but for the visionary leadership of
the Chief of the Air Staff (CAS), Air Marshal Sadique Abubakar.
He therefore
seized the opportunity to commend the CAS for what he described as “wonderful
and laudable projects in the NAF”, adding that the great feats so far recorded
by the CAS were worthy of emulation. He added that Kaduna State would indeed
benefit from the project, as it would improve the educational standard of
children in Kaduna. Air Marshal Abubakar, on his part, expressed delight on the
commissioning ceremony of AFCS Kaduna. He stated that the conversion of the
school from a day school to a boarding one was in preparation for the future
and that it was in response to the assessment of the present security
environment. According to the CAS, the expansion of the school was part of the
NAF’s contribution to solving the girl-child education problem.
The upgrade carried out in the school included the
building of new structures, provision of digital interactive boards and
computers. The school was not only converted to a boarding but was equally
expanded to accommodate 720 students as against its previous capacity of 540
students. It is worthy to note that in the past two years, the NAF had upgraded
the infrastructure in its secondary schools in Uyo, Ibadan, Enugu, Shasha
(Lagos State) and Jos as a way of repositioning the schools for the challenges
of the 21st Century. In addition, the NAF has provided opportunities for
training and retraining of teaching staff in its secondary school. All these
are part of the capacity building efforts of the CAS to ensure excellence in
service delivery at all NAF secondary schools. The NAF sees the provision of
quality education at an affordable cost as a long term solution to some of the
nation's security challenges.
During the event, the Guest of Honour, the CAS and
other distinguished invited guests toured the facilities in the new school
including the Administrative Block, Assembly Hall, hostels, library, laboratory
and the Computer Centre.
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