Politics
Kano Government covers 57,000 impoverished students’ NECO/NBTE fees with N1.3bn
The National Examinations Council and the National Board for Technical Education received N1.3 billion in cash from the Kano State Government in exchange for 57,000 needy students in the state’s registration fees.
As he started distributing more than two million pieces of educational material to the state’s elementary and secondary schools, Governor Abba Kabir Yusuf made this announcement on Monday in Kano.
The provision of contemporary educational resources to the state’s public schools, according to Yusuf, was a top goal for his government.
“In our state, the days of teaching students on the ground are completely gone. We already have a plan in place to guarantee the furnishing of public buildings.
According to him, “We are operating a responsible government that would ensure the provision of a quality and sound education for our students.”
In an effort to enrol out-of-school kids within the next 12 months, he claims that the state government is building 130 new girls’ and boys’ schools.
In order to boost enrollment, retention, and graduation from school, the governor said that the state also provided 40,000 impoverished females with a N20,000 monthly stipend.
Although, he said, the government would employ 5,000 members of the State Basic Education Service Delivery Association.
“I have instructed the committee established to screen members of the Basic Education Service Delivery Association to submit their names and qualifications for immediate employment by the government,” he added.
Announcing that his administration will not tolerate corruption and theft, Yusuf urged those holding public office in the state to conduct themselves with integrity and transparency.
Umar Haruna Doguwa, the state’s commissioner for education, had earlier reiterated the state’s commitment to expanding access to free, high-quality education for all by giving schools essential teaching aids.
In all of the state’s closed girls boarding institutions, according to Doguwa, the Governor Yusuf government has reopened them.
He praised the governor for paying N300 million in overdue allowances to the State Basic Education Service Delivery Association.
