The partnership opportunities were explored recently when the Executive Secretary of NCDMB, Felix Omatsola Ogbe, hosted his counterpart from UBEC, Dr Hamid Bobboyi, at the board’s Abuja liaison office.

According to a statement from NCDMB, the two leaders agreed to set up a joint committee that would finalise details of their agencies’ collaboration, and contribute meaningfully to the future of the Nigerian economy.

It noted that the kernel of the meeting centred on how NCDMB could partner with UBEC to upgrade some dilapidated primary and junior secondary schools dotted across the country, train teachers and upgrade critical facilities to meet the demands of the current age.

It added that conversations also hovered around making basic education work sustainably, developing digital resource centres and smart school systems, and synchronising the efforts of stakeholders in the education sector for maximum impact.

According to the board, it has developed over 150 ICT centres in secondary schools across the country, upgraded select technical colleges, and intervened in some universities as part of its institutional strengthening programme, supported by international and indigenous oil-producing companies.

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