Nasiru Yusuf Ibrahim

The Kano State Education Sector Joint Steering Committee has conducted a two-day meeting at Kaduna to review progress reports from Technical Working Groups (TWGs) regarding the implementation of basic education initiatives in Kano State.

KANO FOCUS reports that all stakeholders on education worked together and reviewed what was done so far in an effort to address the challenges retarding the progress of the state education sector.

Addressing the participants, the State Commissioner of Education Alhaji Umar Haruna Doguwa explained that following the declaration of state of emergency on education by governor Abba Kabir Yusuf, the ministry has taken positive steps to ensure that the policy is fullyconductin implemented to achieve the intended goals.

According to Doguwa, part of this effort is conducting biannual meeting of the education sector joint steering committee, stressing that this year’s meeting was aimed to discuss the progress on the implementation of the 14-points education reform agenda and deliberate on the recommendations from the Kano Education Recovery Conference and Action plan.

“I want to also inform you that what we are expected to do during this crutial meeting, include dissemination of findings from the 2023 Annual Education Sector Performance Review, receiving brief on Haske Basic Education for Intergrated Qur’anic Schools Pilot in Kano and agree on the next steps,” Doguwa said.

The commissioner announced that the state ministry of education had mapped out next steps agenda to be implemented soon which include conduct of massive schools enrolment, distribution of instructional materials to schools across the 44 local government areas and reopening of the boarding schools closed down by the immediate past administration.

Doguwa added that preparation had been completed to provide upkeep allowance to schools to ensure their smooth operation for quality education, adding that…. ” very soon the administration of Alhaji Abba Kabir Yusuf will distribute adequate furnitures to schools and schools uniforms to provide enabling learning environment.

He further urged the participants of the programme to stand on the commitment being made during the meeting as their next steps of action, assuring them for government’s support at all times.

Briefing newsmen after the meeting, the State Commissioner Ministry for Higher Education Dr. Yusuf Ibrahim Kofar Mata maintained that as major stakeholder, his ministry agreed to upgrade and develop technical education system of all the state tertiary institutions to provide beffiting environment for skills acquisition programme.

“We came here with developed action plan framework on education sector and we have done a lots to ensure that the meeting becomes succsssful. As you can see, we have already taken the next steps in form of promotion of new policies including new ones and the implementation of the well established existing policies ” he said.

One of the activity carried out during the meetimg was the intensive review of education crisis response plan framework that comprised with access to quality education, almajiri and alternative education system, promoting girl-child education, teacher development, teaching learning materials and resources and curriculum development among others.

The Biannual State Education Sector Joint Steering Committee Meeting was attended by all the relevant stakeholders including representatives of Kano State House of Assembly, representatives of Kano Emirate Council, representatives of development partners, MDAs and Civil Societies.