FOR his excellent performance at the National Science Competition, the Delta State Governor Emmanuel Uduaghan at the weekend in Asaba awarded scholarship to Master Solomon Martin of Abaido Primary School, Okwagbe.

Uduaghan said at the the flag off of the distribution of free textbooks to primary and junior secondary schools in the state that the performance of the promising boy from a primary school in the rural area showed that teachers in the rural areas were working very hard.

He said his administration was committed to improving education in the state, adding that was the real reason the state government approved new teachers' salary structure to motivate teachers in the state. He expressed the hope that teachers would contribute their quota in complementing the state government's effort.

He said: "The state government will fully take over the education of Solomon Martin till university level. The state will continue to improve education in the state, especially in the rural communities. This has shown that the teachers in the rural areas are now doing their jobs."

He explained that Martin was a good ambassador of every young child in the country and stated that his administration was committed to improving education in the rural area, especially with the new policy of posting newly employed teachers to work there in the first five years.