…Set to employ 10, 000 teachers
Kano State Governor, Abba Kabir-Yusuf, has revealed that his administration met 4.7 million pupils sitting on bare floor in primary schools across the state upon assumption of office on May 29, 2023.
Yusuf made the revelation on at the weekend, during the declaration of state-of-emergency on education in Kano, which was held at the Open
Arena, Kano Government House.
He said the State government was declaring the state-of-emergency on education with the full support of the National Union of Teachers, (NUT).
Yusuf stated that the lack of instructional materials further compounded the problem, “leaving our teachers and students to struggle with outdated and insufficient resources.
“Above 4.7 million pupils were sitting on bare floors to take lessons while bout 400 schools have only one teacher for all classes subjects and all pupils.
“Rather than building more classrooms and providing basic furniture in the schools, as well as hiring more teachers, the administration we took over from chose to butcher the land belonging to those schools, in some places demolishing classrooms to create space for shops.
“Those schools that they could not sell, they closed them down and got them vandalized. The encroachment of public school lands and the conversion of these vital institutions into private business premises is an affront to our communal values and a direct assault on our commitment to public education.
“This reckless appropriation of educational spaces for commercial use is unacceptable and must stopped immediately”, he said.
He also bemoaned the proliferation of out-of-school children in the state, but promised that his administration has taken adequate steps to confront the menace.
According to him, before taking over as Kano State Governor about a year ago, the problems in the education sector were multi-faceted.
However, determined to revamp the dilapidated state of primary and secondary education in the State, the Governor disclosed that his administration has resolved to employ additional 10, 000 teachers and build 300 laboratories across the State.
