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Revisiting  Free And Compulsory Education In Kano

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<p><&excl;-- BEGIN THEIA POST SLIDER --><&sol;p>&NewLine;<&excl;-- WP QUADS Content Ad Plugin v&period; 2&period;0&period;95 -->&NewLine;<div class&equals;"quads-location quads-ad4" id&equals;"quads-ad4" style&equals;"float&colon;none&semi;margin&colon;0px&semi;">&NewLine;&NewLine;<&sol;div>&NewLine;&NewLine;<p>&nbsp&semi;<&sol;p><div class&equals;"4KnC4lFy" style&equals;"clear&colon;both&semi;float&colon;left&semi;width&colon;100&percnt;&semi;margin&colon;0 0 20px 0&semi;"><script async src&equals;"https&colon;&sol;&sol;pagead2&period;googlesyndication&period;com&sol;pagead&sol;js&sol;adsbygoogle&period;js"><&sol;script> &NewLine;<&excl;-- TV --> &NewLine;<ins class&equals;"adsbygoogle" &NewLine; style&equals;"display&colon;block" &NewLine; data-ad-client&equals;"ca-pub-4403533287178375" &NewLine; data-ad-slot&equals;"4399361195" &NewLine; data-ad-format&equals;"auto" &NewLine; data-full-width-responsive&equals;"true"><&sol;ins> &NewLine;<script> &NewLine; &lpar;adsbygoogle &equals; window&period;adsbygoogle &vert;&vert; &lbrack;&rsqb;&rpar;&period;push&lpar;&lbrace;&rcub;&rpar;&semi; &NewLine;<&sol;script><&sol;div>&NewLine;<p><strong>By Abubakar Musa Umar<&sol;strong><&sol;p><div class&equals;"lYly9IEF" style&equals;"clear&colon;both&semi;float&colon;left&semi;width&colon;100&percnt;&semi;margin&colon;0 0 20px 0&semi;"><script async src&equals;"https&colon;&sol;&sol;pagead2&period;googlesyndication&period;com&sol;pagead&sol;js&sol;adsbygoogle&period;js"><&sol;script> &NewLine;<&excl;-- TV --> &NewLine;<ins class&equals;"adsbygoogle" &NewLine; style&equals;"display&colon;block" &NewLine; data-ad-client&equals;"ca-pub-4403533287178375" &NewLine; data-ad-slot&equals;"4399361195" &NewLine; data-ad-format&equals;"auto" &NewLine; data-full-width-responsive&equals;"true"><&sol;ins> &NewLine;<script> &NewLine; &lpar;adsbygoogle &equals; window&period;adsbygoogle &vert;&vert; &lbrack;&rsqb;&rpar;&period;push&lpar;&lbrace;&rcub;&rpar;&semi; &NewLine;<&sol;script><&sol;div>&NewLine;<p>&nbsp&semi;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>Kano state government recently lunches its giant policy in the education sector with the <a href&equals;"https&colon;&sol;&sol;www&period;fundsforngos&period;org&sol;featured-articles&sol;list-foundations-provide-small-grants-ngos&sol;">support of international donors and other organizations&period;<&sol;a><&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>&nbsp&semi;<&sol;p><div class&equals;"r4qmamvB" style&equals;"clear&colon;both&semi;float&colon;left&semi;width&colon;100&percnt;&semi;margin&colon;0 0 20px 0&semi;"><script async src&equals;"https&colon;&sol;&sol;pagead2&period;googlesyndication&period;com&sol;pagead&sol;js&sol;adsbygoogle&period;js"><&sol;script> &NewLine;<ins class&equals;"adsbygoogle" &NewLine; style&equals;"display&colon;block&semi; text-align&colon;center&semi;" &NewLine; data-ad-layout&equals;"in-article" &NewLine; data-ad-format&equals;"fluid" &NewLine; data-ad-client&equals;"ca-pub-4403533287178375" &NewLine; data-ad-slot&equals;"6550225277"><&sol;ins> &NewLine;<script> &NewLine; &lpar;adsbygoogle &equals; window&period;adsbygoogle &vert;&vert; &lbrack;&rsqb;&rpar;&period;push&lpar;&lbrace;&rcub;&rpar;&semi; &NewLine;<&sol;script><&sol;div>&NewLine;<p>The Free and compulsory education for all was one of the biggest ever attempt to reduce the level of illiteracy in Kano and improve the standard of basic education&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>&nbsp&semi;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>Kano as one of the fastest-growing city deserved the desired attention in all sectors including the education sector&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p><a href&equals;"https&colon;&sol;&sol;nigeriantracker&period;com&sol;2020&sol;11&sol;30&sol;free-compulsory-education-gov-ganduje-receives-roadmap-for-implementation&sol;">Free&comma; Compulsory Education&colon; Gov Ganduje Receives Roadmap For Implementation<&sol;a><&sol;p>&NewLine;<&excl;-- WP QUADS Content Ad Plugin v&period; 2&period;0&period;95 -->&NewLine;<div class&equals;"quads-location quads-ad4" id&equals;"quads-ad4" style&equals;"float&colon;none&semi;margin&colon;0px&semi;">&NewLine;&NewLine;<&sol;div>&NewLine;&NewLine;<p>It&&num;8217&semi;s necessary for the government to design and redesign educational policies whenever the need arises&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>&nbsp&semi;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>The issue and cases of out of school and drop out as a result of poverty and ignorance and lack of interest in some communities was never new to us&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>&nbsp&semi;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>Government willingness and strong policy in place will significantly help to reduce illiteracy in the state&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>&nbsp&semi;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>Free and compulsory education is one of such policies implemented by the present administration&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<&excl;-- WP QUADS Content Ad Plugin v&period; 2&period;0&period;95 -->&NewLine;<div class&equals;"quads-location quads-ad1" id&equals;"quads-ad1" style&equals;"float&colon;none&semi;margin&colon;0px&semi;">&NewLine;&NewLine;<&sol;div>&NewLine;&NewLine;<p>The policy program was sent to the state house of assembly for considerations&comma; amendments&comma; and approval&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>&nbsp&semi;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>The policy contains among others the needs for every child in Kano to be educated including the Almajiri&comma; enrollment&comma; and completion of at least the basic education which is nine years of primary and junior secondary education&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>&nbsp&semi;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>Free Uniforms for children and other learning materials&period; A clear punishment for those that will go against the policy be it&comma; parents or caregivers&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>&nbsp&semi;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>It&&num;8217&semi;s fascinating that the government stated in this year’s budget&comma; the focus on the integration of Almajiri system of education&comma; from allocated 37 billion Naira to the education sector which is 25&percnt; of the total budget&period; The efforts is commendable although necessary&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>&nbsp&semi;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>The program is blessed with experts in the sector through the office of Special Advisor on Educational Matters Dr&period; Kabiru Shehu who will lead a committee of 54 members partitioned into 14 subcommittees to design the program&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>The objectives of the committee include among others&semi; drastically reduced the number of out-of-school children&comma; integration of Islamiyya and Tsangaya system into a conventional system of education&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>&nbsp&semi;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>The committee after consultation and thorough investigation suggested a phase for the program&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>According to the committee phase&comma; one should be initiation&comma; planning&comma; and reviewing all relevant education policies&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>&nbsp&semi;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>It could be recalled that the government recruited thousands of teachers for the program&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>&nbsp&semi;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>These teachers were selected across the entire local government to help in the implementation of free and compulsory education&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>&nbsp&semi;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>The Basic education teachers alias called BESDA teachers were sent to Primary and Tsangaya schools to teach with a remuneration of &num;15&comma;000 monthly&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>The biggest concern is that these teachers were hired for 2 years and no hope for a permanent job for them&comma; which will make them divide their attention to other opportunities&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>&nbsp&semi;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>If their contract ended where will they go&quest;&period; I am sure the government will not think of recruiting fresh graduates in place of the experienced ones&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>&nbsp&semi;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>One of the expected key results according to the ministry of education is consistency in standard &lpar;policy and planning&rpar;&period; A good policy should have the best planning for proper implementation&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p><&excl;-- END THEIA POST SLIDER -->&NewLine;<&excl;-- WP QUADS Content Ad Plugin v&period; 2&period;0&period;95 -->&NewLine;<div class&equals;"quads-location quads-ad3" id&equals;"quads-ad3" style&equals;"float&colon;none&semi;margin&colon;0px&semi;">&NewLine;&NewLine;<&sol;div>&NewLine;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<script async src&equals;"https&colon;&sol;&sol;pagead2&period;googlesyndication&period;com&sol;pagead&sol;js&sol;adsbygoogle&period;js"><&sol;script> &NewLine;<ins class&equals;"adsbygoogle" &NewLine; 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