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INVESTIGATION: As Enugu govt turns to smart schools, existing public schools left in unsafe and degrading conditions (Part I)

While the Enugu State government is committing billions of naira to the construction of new “Smart Schools,” pupils and teachers in existing primary schools continue to learn in unsafe and degrading conditions. In the first of this two-part series, ARINZE CHIJIOKE looks at how schools lack basic needs like security, functional toilets, electricity, and weatherproof classrooms, exposing children to physical …