Ganduje begins disbursement of N148m grants to Kano schools |
Other items distributed includes textbooks, tablet computers
among others.
Consistent funding
Governor Ganduje said the free and compulsory education
policy introduced by the state can only be sustained through consistent
funding.
He was speaking at the flagged off of the disbursement held
at the Coronation Hall, Government house, Kano as part of activities making the
state’s Education day .
“We are providing cheques to schools for daily maintenance…
We are providing Tablet computers to
Education Officers across the 44 LGAs for data generation, analysis management
and transferred of data such as enrollment, discipline among others to the
headquarters without physical appearance. ”
“Outside Koranic recitation and Western education, the
Almajiris are being thought various Skills so that they can also fend for
themselves after graduation,” Governor Ganduje stated.
Kano State has since 2019 introduced Free and compulsory
education from primary to senior secondary school levels as well as integration
of the Almajiri system into mordern
educational system.
He said to sustain funding of the policy and other education
programmes, the state has not defaulted in the Universal Basic Education
Commission, UBEC, counterpart funding under the Nigerian government.
He commended President Muhammadu Buhari for ensuring
consistent and prompt payments to the state.
“Kano State is up to date down to 2021 in the payment for
counterpart funding.. The excess we paid in 2020 is even being rolled over to
2021 and we thank President Buhari for always ensuring that funds are released
to us in time,” Governor Ganduje said.
According to him, other sources of funding of the policy
are; resources from the Educational Trust Fund,
5% of the state’s Internally
Generated Revenue, IGR, 1% of LGA funds and Community participation were
individuals are voluntarily donating to the basket of the policy.
He said the all teachers in the state have been upgraded to
NCE through various trainings.
“We are happy to have entered into partnership with Media
Trust, the publishers of Daily Trust Newspapers for the publication of TEEN
TRUST, a publication for the Children…It is an innovation to educate our
children especially in the northern part,” he added.
The State Commissioner for Education, Dr. Sanusi Kiru said
part of the distribution includes 543,360.000 English, Mathematics and basic
textbooks to 840 schools, 60 to each of the 14 zones.
“Also the distribution of 10,000 copies of Teen Trust weekly papers to all secondary Schools across the state,” Dr Kiru explained.
According to him, the state government has among other
successes recorded, achieved the establishment of 300 capacity Computer Base
Test (CBT) centre at Murtala Muhammad Library.
Dr Kiru explained that the government has already secured
the Joint Admission and Matriculation Board (JAMB) accreditation for the CBT
examination, therefore ready for this year’s examination.
The Kano State UBEC Chairman Dr. Danladi Hayyo said the
policy made it possible for over 3.5 million children to be enrolled into
schools, making Kano highest State in Nigeria that is taking out of school
children to class.
Mr. Molud, the UNICEF Representative at the occasion called
for a Legislation to back the programme and sustained financing.
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