Abuja School For Gifted Children to open this Year



The Chairman, Abuja Municipal Area Council (AMAC), Dr. Abdullahi Adamu Candido, has disclosed while briefing the media on the council's plan to develop the talent and capacities of children within the municipality, that he and the area council are collaborating with professionals from the ministry of Education and Federal Capital Territory for the design and development of a school for gifted and talented children which is expected to open on September this year.

He said: "We intend to have a school for the Gifted and Talented. We are already consulting with the relevant stakeholders and we will hit the ground running from February. By God's grace, the school should be ready by June/July so that by December, the school identified talents across Abuja municipality will have been admitted.

"The council will screen children for gifted ability in four areas: superior Cognitive ability, specific academic ability in subject areas, creativity in thinking and superior ability in visual and/ or performing arts," he said. 

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