It is no more news that the Abia state Governor His Excellency Dr. Alex Otti has awarded scholarships to 46 indigent students studying in different tertiary institutions through the Alex Otti foundation (AOF) scholarship scheme, the event which was held at the sacramento event centre is not the first of its kind as it has been a culture over the years pioneered by Gov. Otti through the foundation even as an ordinary citizen

Gov. Otti through this initiative over the years has proven his dedication and commitment to a working educational system where no one will be denied right to education, exercising unflinching desire towards carrying everyone along including the less priviledged unable to afford it’s cost.

Talking about the Icons of Educational Impact, Gov. Otti stands out in the sense that you can’t talk about individuals that have contributed a greater part to Education without giving him his flowers, being a product of rapt Education, an alumni of Uniport, Gov. Otti believes strongly in the quote by Nelson Mandela “Education they say is the most powerful weapon which can be used to change the world”, determined to change the world through shaping young minds for the future, Gov. Otti has through this foundation raised potentials who will in turn impact their generation, his passion for a workable educational sector quotes his untainted energy chanelled towards the educational advancement we are currently undergoing in the state, Otti is a worthy example.

As Governor, Otti has laid the blueptint for the betterment of Education in Abia, having resurrected Abia from the ruins of dilapidated and abandoned schools where teachers are being owed for years with hopes turned down, schools were taken over by private individuals who in turn sells the school lands in bits, high institutions in Abia were left under the mercy
of the leaders who decides who gets admission or who doesn’t, students from schools like Amachara lost the eagerness to study since admission was being measured by whose pocket is deeper and the biggest bottom formula, technical schools were misused and facilities carted by vandals due to neglect and malfesceance, these and many more of it was the condition of the educational system in Abia before the emergence of Gov. Otti who took the bull by the horn and has taken provocative steps in resurrecting the state from the old order.

He has since implemented certain measures to ensure the revival of the education system in Abia for a long term sustainability, initiating educational friendly policies, in the current 2024 budget a substantial sum of 20% is allocated to Education to further authenticate it’s significance. The Governor few months after being sworn in requested that all private schools that are unfit for learning be closed down, currently over 177 school buildings are undergoing reconstruction in various parts of Abia including technical schools like Government Technical |College Aba, Government Technical College Ohafia, etc.

Prior to the Educational reformation Agenda of Governor Alex Otti, a program that requires the reachout to all schools in the state to enquire the needs of the schools (primary and secondary) and necessities has been launched and has gone round the state, currently a Master-Teachers Training Programme (Train the Trainers Programme) under the Abia First Education Transformation Programme is going on at the Federal Government Girls College Umuahia. The idea behind the training is to upgrade teachers knowledge to be advanced with the present developments as the world evolves in centuries. Gov. Otti while on an unscheduled visit to the training centre passed these words of wisdom to the trainees,

“My vision is that education will be functional and that our children will be properly trained. Our schools will be the best in class and our teachers will be the best in class. That is why I’m spending money. I can spend anything on education and the reason is simple, without education, I won’t be standing in front of you and of course God”.

“Everything is acquired; even knowledge is acquired by learning. So, that’s why we considered learning the most important part of our reforms. Even if you go and build skyscrapers and you don’t have qualified teachers, it is buildings that you have put up not a school. So, the school is not the building, the school is actually what is taken in and what is taken out of the school and that has to do with human beings”.

“If you are a teacher in the 21st century, you will agree with me that every day, things change. In your time in school, am not sure you heard about robotics or artificial intelligence or 3D printing or Electric Vehicles or Driverless cars. That’s what the world is talking about today including Cybersecurity.

Gov. Otti is commited to producing breathtaking results through a transformational education system in Abia not just by retroffiting or building more structures but by the reformation of the whole system, evolving teachers mindset to the knowledge of the 21st century to enable them inculcate to young minds for the advancement of the society.

Miracle Chukwunenye the Apostle of Peace writes from Aba

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