The director-in-charge of Abia State Secondary Education Management Board, Mrs Ngozi Onwubiko, has called for early promotion of moral instructions in schools.
Onwubiko stated this when she hosted the founder and international coordinator of Global Children Youth Rescue Mission, Evang. Nnenna Anyaogu, in her office in Umuahia, the state capital.
She said instilling moral instructions in children at an early age would help build a more disciplined and responsible society and assured of her support for the mission.
In his remarks, a member of Access Canada and partner of Global Children Youth Rescue Mission, Prof Mkpa Agu Mkpa commended the mission for its agenda and programmes.
Agu Mkpa, who had served as commissioner for Education in the state, applauded the governor, Dr Alex Otti for his reforms in the education sector.
Earlier, Anyaogu explained that the mission is a non-governmental organisation that has operated for over 22 years with focus on moral instruction in secondary schools.
She used the forum to present her book titled “Wisdom for Right Living”, which she said contains valuable lessons aimed at guiding young people towards positive living and responsible behaviour.
Contributing, a partner of the mission, Pastor Stanley Ukpai, urged the board and stakeholders in education to support the widespread distribution and effective use of the books in schools.