By Abdullahi Yusuf
Governor Abba Yusuf of Kano State has launched the distribution of learning materials to schools across the 44 Local Government Areas of the state.
Yusuf flagged off the distribution at a ceremony held at the Government House,Kano, on Thursday.
The materials distributed at the occasion were 120,000 cartons of chalks, 97,532 workbooks, 93,600 exercise books, 199,234 classroom registers, 350,000 reports sheets, 351 lesson observation books and national anthem books.
“I stand before you today as we take yet another step towards getting the education sector on its foot in Kano State.
“This is a revival of the unfortunate state of the education sector in Kano state. With the deteriorating infrastructure, high number of Out-Of-School children were recorded by the former administration.
“I am happy to say that as the people’s government, we are fully committed to addressing these issues in our commitment to restore the educational system.
“We have been working tirelessly to ensure that we transform the educational sector in our dear state,” he said.
The governor said that training and retraining of teachers had been part of the government’s priority, while it also embarked on massive rehabilitation of schools and construction of new blocks of classroom to ensure a conducive learning environment for boys and girls in schools.
Earlier, the state Commissioner of Education,Alhaji Umar Haruna Doguwa, commended the governor for his untiring support to the Ministry of Education, as well a his commitment to the revival of the education sector.
He said the declaration of the State of Emergency on Education by the governor had been a promise “well delivered beyond expectations.”