Kano Government Strengthens Collaboration With PLANE To Revive Education Sector
The State Commissioner of Education Dr. Ali Haruna Makoda gave the assurance on Tuesday while receiving a team from the PLANE (FCDO) office, Kano that paid him a courtesy visit in his office.
In a statement signed by the Director Public Enlightenment of the Ministry, Balarabe Abdullahi Kiru, said Dr. Ali Haruna noted that the intervention programmes implemented by PLANE in Kano had contributed a lot to the present administration's effort in ensuring quality education in the state.
The Commissioner stressed that Kano State Government under the leadership of Alhaji Abba Kabir Yusuf will therefore continue to work closely with PLANE to ensure proper implementation of its new policies on education for the benefit of people in the state.
" We have seen the programmes that you have been undertaking and all the supports you are giving to more especially Kano State Ministry of Education. This is the support that you give to the entire people of Kano State.
" From your good report, you almost taught every aspect of education which is quite interesting and there is no doubt that PLANE is complementing effort of this administration on education development, you are really partners in progress " Acknowledged Dr. Makoda.
On the requests made by the team on other areas of support from the government site, Dr. Ali Makoda said his ministry will ensure that all demands tabled by the PLANE will be adequately attended to achieve better results.
" So, as we really thank and appreciate your intervention programmes on education in Kano, we are still urging PLANE to fully engaged with present administration in providing access to quality education to address out of school syndicate " he stated.
Earlier, the state coordinator PLANE Umar Lawan said the team was at the Commissioner's office to intimate him on the numerous intervention programmes on education sector as executed in Kano by PLANE.
Umar Lawan explained that PLANE is a 7 year project funded by Foreign Commonwealth and Development Office (FCDO) in UK and is divided in to three windows to deliver more educational supports to the affected states.
He revealed that in PLANE, there is window one that takes care of getting the system right by improving teaching and learning in schools while window two is given the task of addressing issues on education in emergency.
" We have window three that deals with interface between the programme and the community and it is interesting to note that window one which supports teaching and learning strengthening is operated in three states comprising Kano, Jigawa and Kaduna " he revealed.
He explained that under the project, over 8000 primary schools teachers were trained in Kano and the program was conducted with full collaboration of the State Universal Basic Education Board (SUBEB)
Other intervention programmes according to the team leader, include coordination of books distribution and other learning materials at the classroom level across the 532 schools in Kano, supporting 35 school based management committee that sensitized stakeholders on book care and maintenance among others.
