The Kaduna State Universal Basic Education Board (Kaduna SUBEB) has begun the construction of 851 classrooms across the state under the 2017 to 2019 Universal Basic Education Commission and SUBEB intervention projects.

The board’s Permanent Member, Physical and Project Monitoring, Mr. Mohammed Mubarak, made this known in an interview with newsmen in Kaduna on Sunday.

According to Mubarak, the project consists of 37 two-storey buildings of 12 classrooms and two one-storey buildings each of six classrooms and four classrooms, respectively, amounting to 464 classrooms. It also includes 99 blocks of three classrooms, 25 blocks of two classrooms, and 10 blocks of four classrooms, totaling 387 classes.

He also said that over 2,000 classrooms would be renovated while 38,000 pupil’s furniture and 2,000 teacher’s furniture would be supplied to reduce the deficit of furniture in schools.