There seems to be a very serious challenge in the Kano State education sector due to lack of teachers in many primary schools in the state
Some media reports indicate that in about 400 primary schools in Kano North Senatorial District only one teacher is available in each of the schools who teaches all subjects in all classes.
The revelation was made by the Kano State Commissioner of education Alhaji Umar Haruna Doguwa during a meeting with staff of five agencies under the ministry, held at Rumfa Collage, Kano.
“It is very sad to note that just in Kano North, are over 400 Schools with only one teacher per School” he lamented.
The commissioner revealed that Kano State Government has set aside 49% of it’s 2023 budget allocation on education as part of it’s commitment to revitilize the sector.
Doguwa maintained that the present administration under the able leadership of Gov Abba Kabir Yusuf attached priority attention to the education sector in view of it’s position as backbone of human development.
The Commissioner explained that, the administration had paid over 1.3 billion Naira for the settlement of 57,000 Students who sat for the NECO, WEAC and NBAIS examinations.
Doguwa said Governor Yusuf is fully aware of the total collapse of the education sector which he associated with lack of concern and commitment by the previous government.
He explained that from the investigation made so far, there are over four million students across the state sitting on bare floor, while some schools are having only one teacher, a situation he described as pathetic.
According to the Commissioner, the state is taking serious measures to bring all the possible changes in both the primary and secondary education system of the state.
“As part of this measure, we noticed that most of our Zonal Offices are filled up with competent staff who are supposed to teach in the classroom but are there doing nothing. As from now, no Zonal office under any agency should get more than 22 staff while the rest must be reposted to classrooms based on merit and profession.
On the issue of Principal Directorship, the Commissioner said the ministry is going to pass a circular that bans using Principal Director, stressing that ” You either be a Principal or Director because the position of Principal is equally very important ”
He however reaffirmed government’s commitment to sanitize private schools operation in the state, pointing out that the administration would no longer allow posting of public schools teacher to private school and any officer found wanting should be furnished accordingly.
“We are changing the entire registration system of private schools to be online. So from now on, no person shall use his personal account to register any private school and doing that violets our rules and regulations ” disclosed Doguwa.
He said the ministry would provide new improved timebook which indicates ‘time in and time out’ to ensure punctuality among the teaching and non teaching staff.
“In every class, a sign sheet will be provided for a teacher to sign at the end of every lesson and that sheet will be collected monthly and send to the ministry for checking ” he announced.
The Commissioner assured the staff of the government commitment to improve their working condition, urging them to make use of their vast experiences in ensuring that the education sector achieves greater success.
Speaking, the Special Adviser to the Governor on vocational and education Alhaji Habib Hassan El-Yakub implored wealthy individuals in the state to complement the effort of the present administration of improving the education sector.
Earlier, the Permanent Secretary Ministry of education Hajiya Kubra Imam explained that the meeting was organized to discuss on several issues regarding the state education sector and how to improve the system.
In his remarks, the Executive Secretary Kano State Senior Secondary Schools Management Board Dr Kabiru Ado Zakirai urged the staff to join hands together in actualizing the new policies and programmes introduced by the present administration to revitilize the sector.
