Schools Resumption: Monitoring Teams Report Good Turn Out of Teachers/Students in Kano

The Kano State Ministry of Education's monitoring teams have reported a good turnout of teachers and students in primary and post-primary schools across the state on the first day of the 2025/2026 academic session. 

The teams observed that most schools had teachers and students present as early as 7:30 am, with minimal absenteeism.

A statement signed by the Director Public Enlightenment Kano State Ministry of Education Balarabe Abdullahi Kiru explained that Monitoring teams reported a good turnout of teachers and students in most schools visited.

The Statement disclosed that Teachers were found to be making early preparations for lessons, and school premises were clean and ready for the new academic session.

" We discovered that teachers make early preparation of their lesson plan, keep their schools premises cleaned for the smooth commencement of normal lesson" said the statement

The statement added that the State Commissioner Ministry of Education Dr. Ali Haruna Makoda appreciated the turnout and urged principals and head teachers to maintain the momentum.

Dr. Ali Makoda assured of the government's commitment to boosting education standards in the state and thanked parents and guardians for their cooperation.

The Permanent Secretary, Alhaji Bashir Baffa Muhammed, led one of the teams and expressed satisfaction with the turnout, assuring that the government would provide maximum security to ensure student safety.

The Ministry of Education's monitoring exercise is a tradition on the first day of school resumption, aimed at ensuring punctuality and efficiency of staff. 

Digital Literacy: AGILE Kano trains teachers on multimedia content development, remote learning

The Adolescent Girls Initiative for Learning and Empowerment (AGILE) has organised training for teachers on multimedia content development to ensure effective implementation of digital literacy and remote learning in Kano state. 

The Project Coordinator Malam Mujtapha Aminu said the training marks an important milestone in an efforts to enhance digital literacy among adolescent girls.

He added that the training was specifically designed to equip teachers with the essential digital knowledge and skills required to effectively integrate technology into their instructional practices. 

"By doing so, we aimed to empower teachers to provide high-quality digital skills education to their students, particularly adolescent girls.

"In today's technology-driven world, digital skills are no longer a luxury, but a necessity. They are essential for personal, societal, and economic growth, enabling individuals to participate fully in the digital economy, improve productivity, and drive innovation.

"Through this training, we are committed to bridging the digital divide and ensuring that adolescent girls have equal access to digital opportunities. I am confident that, together, we can make a meaningful impact and empower the next generation of leaders," Aminu said.

Communication Officer, Adolescent Girls Initiative for Learning and Empowerment (AGILE) Kano, Nasiru Yusuf Ibrahim, in a statement on Sunday in Kano, quoted the Project Coordinator as saying that the training would enhance the capability of participants to develop relevant digital content in line with 21st century teaching and learning requirements.

He noted that Kano needed a large pool of skilled educators with digital learning content development skills in order to ensure improved teaching and learning outcomes in schools across the state.

The Project Coordinator encouraged the trainees to actively participate in the training to enrich their skills and competencies in effectively creating educational content.

In his remarks the Component Lead Digital Literacy and Remote Learning Kano AGILE, Malam Ahmad Jibril said the participants mainly teachers from girls Senior Secondary Schools in the state, are expected to step down the training to other teachers. 

He revealed that in the first phase of the implementation year, 100 schools will benefit from the intervention that will support training of students.

The component lead recalled that in 2024 AGILE in collaboration with Federal Ministry of Education had trained 230 teachers on how to navigate some learning management systems. 

Jibril added that additional 200 schools will now benefit from the intervention in 2025 adding that 300 more teachers from various secondary schools across the 44 local governments areas of Kano state, will also be 

After the training, the teachers will be given access to content creation equipment to enable them record contents developed in various subject areas and hosted on cloud for access by students not only in Kano but also Nigeria and the globe in general," he said.

Jibril explained that students will be able to access lessons and study their subjects online during school period or even on vacation.

He highlighted that the new techniques will address challenges encountered during the COVID-19 pandemic that led to the closure of schools, emphasizing that such disruptions would not happen again. 

Jibril noted that with the current initiative, even if schools are closed due to holidays or any unavoidable circumstance, teaching continues uninterrupted.

He explained that teachers can record their lessons and upload them to the internet, allowing students to download and watch them at their convenience.

He directed the participants to the Nigeria Learning Passport, an E learning platform of UNICEF in collaboration with Federal Ministry of Education.

He revealed that teachers are allowed to upload their educational contents to these platforms as long as they meet the specified requirements. 

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In her presentation the lead facilitator Samira Usman Adam exposed participants to different applications for mobile recording and editing. 

A participant, Musa Dan Azumi Muhammad pledged to apply the skills learnt to improve their teaching processes. 

He said that the training will promote girl child education, particularly in rural and semi urban areas.

A total of 40 master trainers were selected from different schools across the 44 local government areas of Kano state for the training.

Kabir Abubakar Foundation Issues Appointment and Salary Upgrade Letters to 318 Teachers

The Kabir Abubakar Foundation, under the leadership of Hon. Abubakar Kabir Abubakar, a member of the House of Representatives for Bichi Federal constituency, has issued appointment letters to the newly 200 employed and salary upgrade letters to 118 existing teachers

Dr. Habibu Usman Abdu, the head of the education committee of the Kabir Abubakar Foundation, stated this while addressing newsmen during the grand occasion held at Bichi.

Dr. Habibu pointed out that with the employment of the new teachers by the foundation, the total number of teachers has now reached 318.

According to him, the newly employed teachers will be posted to primary schools, secondary schools, and Islamic schools in the entire Bichi Local Government.

He noted that since the year 2020, the education committee being sponsored by the member representing Bichi Federal Constituency, Abubakar Kabir Abubakar, has employed 106 teachers that have been teaching in Bichi, which later increased to 118.

The chairman also recalled that in October 2024, the member of the House of Representatives, Honorable Abubakar Kabir Abubakar, increased the salary of the employed teachers from 18,000 Naira to 60,000 Naira, which is a 333 percent increment.

On the employment of new teachers, the chairman of the education committee, Dr. Habibu added that Honorable Abubakar Kabir Abubakar directed the foundation to also employ an additional 200 new teachers due to the shortage of teachers in the constituency.

Accordingly, the breakdown for the employment of the teachers by the foundation is as follows:

A. Islamic Teachers: 50 

B. Primary School Teachers: 130 

C. Upper Basic School Teachers: 98

D. Senior Secondary School Teachers: 40

The chairman of the education committee further said the total number employed by the foundation to improve the quality of learning in Bichi is 318, comprising 196 males and 122 females, hence the issuance of their appointment letters today, including that of salary upgrade.

Schools Resumption: Monitoring Teams Report Good Turn Out of Teachers, Students in Kano

As Primary and Post Primary Schools resumed today Monday 6th January for the commencement of second term 2025 academic session in Kano, schools monitoring teams have reported good turn out of teachers and students from the various schools visited.

A statement signed by the Director Public Enlightenment Kano State Ministry of Education Balarabe Abdullahi Kiru explained that teachers, students and pupils were met present in most of the schools as early as 7:30am.

" From the report we have, the turn out of both teachers and students is satisfactory, schools have opened as early as 7:30am - 8:00am with absenteeism recorded in few schools.

"Teachers make early preparation of their lesson plan, keep their schools premises cleaned for the smooth commencement of the second term academic session" said the statement.

The statement added that the State Commissioner of Education Dr. Ali Haruna Makoda while appreciating the turn out, urged Principals and Head Teachers to put more efforts in ensuring that they maintain the tempo.

Dr. Ali Makoda further thanked parents and guardians for their cooperation which he said is contributing to the government effort in boosting the standard of education to achieve better performance of the children.

He however reiterated commitment of the present administration in initiating more programs aimed at promoting access to quality education, calling on all teaching staff to equally work as a team to deliver what is expected from them.

It is a tradition during the first day of the schools resumption, management of the state ministry of education and its parastatals including the Commissioner, the Permanent Secretary Directors and Deputy Directors embark on schools assessment monitoring exercise with a view to ensuring good performance.

Education: Kano Government Declares State of Emergency

- - - recruits 5,632 BESDA Teachers - -

- - - Distributes Soft Loan to SUBEB Teachers, Instructional Materials

Passionate and committed about rescuing the education sector from total collapse, Kano State Governor, Alhaji Abba Kabir Yusuf has today (Saturday) formally declared State of Emergency on Education.

This was contained in a statement made available to newsmen by the governor's spokesperson, Sanusi Bature Dawakin Tofa in Kano 

Delivering his address at an elaborate occasion that was held at the Open Theatre, Government House, Governor Abba Kabir said, declaring the state of emergency will allow government to take bold steps to address critical challenges bedeviling the  sector across the street.

According to the governor, the objective of declaration  of state of emergency on education is encapsulated in the overall vision for the education delivery in a vision statement viz:

Every school, a good school; every child, enrolled child, every student, an engaged learner; every teacher, a caring educator; every parent, a supportive partner; and your government, a committed investor in human capital development.

He added that the declaration will enable the government to mobilize resources, implement urgent reforms, and focus on strategic interventions that will rebuild the educational infrastructure,  provide necessary materials, a step that will pave way for every child in Kano State to have access to quality education, which is their fundamental right.

Alhaji Abba Kabir explained provisions made to strengthen the declaration that includes: allocation of 29.95% of 2024 budget; restoration of upkeep and overhead funds for secondary schools; Unveils plan for building an additional 300 laboratories, plan to construct 1000 classrooms within the next academic session and reopening of all the boarding school closed by the immediate past administration.

Others are; plan for comprehensive renovation of all primary and junior secondary schools;28, 264 classes in the next three years to enroll out of school children; to commence distribution of one-meal per child per day in all primary schools and reintroduction of distribution of free uniforms to all primary I pupils among others.

In the same vein, the state government has offered full time job to 5,632 BESDA  (Better Education Service Delivery for All)teachers, approved for hiring of additional 10,000 teachers with intensified effort of continuous periodic training and retraining of teachers so as to achieve the vision of making " every teacher, a caring educator".

The government has also approved the disbursement of the sum of 300 million naira as soft loan to teachers working under the State Universal Basic Education Board (SUBEB) across the state.

The Governor used the opportunity to extensively dwelt on the feats achieved by his administration within one year in office in the area of educational development in the nooks and crannies of Kano State.

He reminded parents that the responsibility for improving the educational sector doesn't rest  solely with the government, but it is a collective endeavor requiring the cooperation of parents, communities and stakeholders in the education sector.

Alhaji Abba Kabir Yusuf thanked the First Lady of the Federal Republic of Nigeria, Sen. Remi Tinubu for donating 110,000 exercise books to the state that were distributed during the occasion.

The chairman of the occasion and former governor of Cross Rivers State, Donald Duke doffed hat to Kano State Government for being a face setter as the occasion symbolizes re-birth of education not only in Kano, but in the northern part of the country.

In his submission, a special guest and former governor of Kano State, Sen. Rabi'u Musa Kwankwaso expressed joy for the development and called on all and sundry to support governor Abba Kabir Yusuf in taking Kano to greater heights.

He admonished newly employed teachers to accept their posting to rural areas with good minds to achieve the desired goals and objectives.

The occasion was graced by stakeholders on education at the Federal, States levels and Development Partners.