Benue State Governor, Hyacinth Alia, has said that about 4,000 mushroom schools have been discovered in the state.
Speaking on Thursday through his Chief Press Secretary, Kula Tersoo, while briefing journalists about his achievements in the educational sector in the past two years, the governor said the mushroom schools were not conducive for learning, and were without qualified teachers.
While he declined to comment on the next step the government would take, Tersoo stated that 9,700 qualified teachers were recruited into primary schools across the state.
The governor further said that in 2023/2024, the government paid the external examination fees for about 19,000 students who sat the West African Examination Council, National Examination Council and National Business and Technical Examinations Board.