By Balarabe Abdullahi Kiru
Determined to ensure conducive and effective learning and teaching atmosphere, Kano State Government has procured and distributed 120,000 cartoon of chalk to public schools across the state.
Launching the distribution exercise on Wednesday at the premises of the State Universal Basic Education Board, the State Commissioner of Education Dr. Ali Haruna Makoda said the provision of the items was in line with present administration’s commitment of improving teaching and learning in public schools to achieve quality education.
Dr. Ali Makoda disclosed that as the administration of Alhaji Abba Kabir Yusuf accords utmost priority to education sector, it would continue to initiate and implement policies targeted towards provision of quality education in the state.
Makoda recalled that in October 2023, the state Governor Alhaji Abba Kabir Yusuf had launched the distribution of instructional materials worth billion of naira to public schools across the 44 local government areas of the state including text books, exercise books, white boards, white markers, bags, school sandals and uniforms among others to improve learning and teaching in the public schools.
” So, what the present administration is doing to education is a clear demonstration of its commitment to over haul the sector and ensure that it remains it’s first priority through the implementation of sound educational policies ” the Commissioner stated.
He therefore called on the heads of the benefitted schools to make judicious utilization of the items provided to achieve the desired goals.
Earlier, the chairman Kano State Universal Basic Education Board Alhaji Yusuf Kabir commended the effort of the state government under the leadership of Alhaji Abba Kabir Yusuf for doing what is required to safeguard the education sector.
He assured the Commissioner that the items would be distributed to the schools as designed to make that they are properly utilized.