Governor Abba Kabir-Yusuf has constructed 4,000 classrooms to decongest lower basis schools.
The Executive Chairman of State Universal Basic Education Alhaji Yusuf Kabir, revealed this on Tuesday while receiving members of Kano State Accountability Forum on Education (K-SAFE) who paid him an advocacy courtesy visit.
The chairman added that the state government is expending billions of Naira in renovation of schools through community re orientation committees across the forty four local government areas.
He said the project is part of the governor Yusuf-led administration’s campaign promises to reform the decayed education sector in the state.
Kabir appealed to corporate organisations and wealthy individuals to complement government’s effort in that direction.
He however solicited the support of K-SAFE in addressing the menace of students’ absenteeism and late coming which he described as the major challenge to effective teaching and learning.
The chairman extended an invitation to K-SAFE to be attending teachers recruitment exercises and procurement processes as he is committed to transparent and prudent management of public resources.
Earlier the Co-chairperson of K-SAFE Dr Auwalu Halilu, said they were in SUBEB to formally introduce the forum as accountability platform working in education sector.
Dr Halilu said K-SAFE is a co-creation of government, civil society organisations and media workers aimed at improving education in Kano state.
He assured readiness of K-SAFE members to support SUBEB in school monitoring across the nooks and crannies of the state.
Also speaking the Secretary of K-SAFE Dr Abdussalam Kani raised concerns on the alarming data frequently released by development partners and Non Governmental Organisations which he said contradicted all obtainable indices.
He therefore called on Kano State Bureau of statistics to regulate publishing unjustifiable data by Non Governmental organisations in Kano state.