..with aims of repositioning the sector
By Rabiu Sanusi
Governor Abba Kabir Yusuf of Kano State has on wednesday flaggs-off of the Kano Education Recovery Confrence which will repositioning and navigating the system for excellence to kano state.
The Governor expressed his commitment to transforming the education system by highlighted the allocation of 29.95% of the 2024 budget to education, the highest in the country.
Governor Abba Kabir announced various initiatives, including the construction of new classrooms, renovation of schools, and recruitment of teachers and settle salarie system for teachers
He also said the conference aims to identify actionable strategies and policies to overcome existing challenges and build a synergistic, inclusive, and responsive education system.
Abba Kabir added that the goal is to ensure every child in Kano receives quality education, preparing them for the challenges and opportunities of the 21st century.
The Governor in his address also emphasized the importance of collective effort in achieving the goals.
He urged all participants to actively engage in discussions, share expertise, and challenge conventional thinking.
“As you knew we emphasized that education is a collective responsibility and requires a community-wide effort to make a lasting impact.”
The conference which brings together experts, education technocrats, policy makers, and stakeholders to engage in rigorous discussions and shape the future of education in Kano State and beyond.
In his remarks the Minister of education, Dr Tahir Mamman, said that President Bola Tinubu has approved a system-wide policies to comprehensively overhaul the education sector towards improving learning and skill development.
The minister who represented by Folake Olatunji-David, the Director, Basic Education in the Federal Ministry of Education,Tahir Mamman said the policies would also increase enrolment and ensure academic security of children.
He said the policies are captured as DOTS, an acronym representing: “Data Repository, Out-of-School Children Education, Teacher Training and Development, and Skills Development.
“Already, there are about two million beneficiaries, the system-wide policy will further enhance the education and training of the nation’s out-of-school children.
“Under this programme, the Federal Ministry of Education will support and train teachers in digital skills to facilitate the use of technology in classrooms.
“This is expected to bring technology and digitisation to teachers and learners at all levels of education.”
“It is expected that once fully implemented, these programmes will succeed in resetting learning to significantly improve the overall education system in line with the Renewed Hope Agenda of President Tinubu.
In her speach the former minister of education Prof.Rukaiyat Rufai, said that Kano State has about one million out-of-school children, adding that most of them were girls.
She advised the state government to take radical steps to revive the education sector for benefit of the state and country at large
The former Minister of Education, added that the poor political will affected the education, and commended the governor for ensuring highest budgetary allocation to the sector.
Ms.Cynthia Rowe, Development Director, FCDO, British High Commission, pledged support to the government to address challenges bedevilling the education sector in the state.
She said that enhancing access to quality education for girls and boys has been the UK Government overriding education objective in Nigeria.
“Education is fundamental to lasting poverty reduction, building prosperous, resilient economies and peaceful, stable societies.
Triumph newspaper report that the outcome of the conference is expected to have a positive impact on the education sector in Kano State.
