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Kano Education and the Prospect of Reform Agenda-Abubakar Musa Umar

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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;"vuAIjty9" 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><div class&equals;"TIkRwasu" 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>As the most populous state with close to a million out-of-school children in the recent UNICEF report&comma; coupled with inadequate professional teachers&comma; poor implementation of policies&comma; and political interference at all levels&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>Education in Kano State succumbed to a period of decapitation&comma; negligence of teachers&&num;8217&semi; welfare&comma; infrastructure&comma; teaching and learning materials deficit&comma; outdated policies&comma; among others&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>Available evidence indicates that previous administrations from 1999 to date have done so much to improve the standard of education in the state&period;<&sol;p><div class&equals;"v8xUPrGk" 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 school feeding program in primary schools initiated by Engineer Rabiu Musa and free uniform distribution improved enrollment and retention of learners&period; The construction and upgrading of primary schools was one effort that yielded sound outcomes and reduced congestion in classrooms&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>Between 2003 and 2011&comma; more teachers were recruited both at basic and post-basic education levels&comma; which was the first of its kind in the history of education in Kano State&period; The Science and Technical Schools Board received the much-desired attention during Malam Ibrahim Shekarau’s administration&comma; which reshaped and redesigned the Kano science and technical schools initiated by Audu Bako&period; Shekarau’s administration also initiated the rural allowance for teachers as an incentive to encourage them to work in rural areas&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<&excl;-- WP QUADS Content Ad Plugin v&period; 2&period;0&period;95 -->&NewLine;<div class&equals;"quads-location quads-ad5" id&equals;"quads-ad5" style&equals;"float&colon;none&semi;margin&colon;0px&semi;">&NewLine;&NewLine;<&sol;div>&NewLine;&NewLine;<p>In 2015&comma; more teachers were recruited&comma; especially in secondary schools&period; Free and compulsory education policy&comma; construction of more classrooms&comma; and integration of Almajiri education were among the initiatives&period; Teachers received more professional development training&comma; with many interventions on girls’ education and inclusion from the World Bank and other donors&period; More schools and classrooms were created by Ganduje’s administration&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>Presently&comma; the Kano State government under Alhaji Abba Kabir Yusuf has injected billions of naira into the education sector to ensure its recovery reform agenda&period;<br &sol;>&NewLine;The declaration of a state of emergency in July 2024 is a testament to the present administration’s commitment to improving the standard of education in Kano State&period;<br &sol;>&NewLine;Within the declaration period&comma; more schools were created with furniture and other teaching materials&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>Recently&comma; 4&comma;315 teachers were recruited by the state government&comma; in addition to the earlier recruitment of 5&comma;634 in 2024&comma; and 400 mathematics teachers were added to the existing ones in senior secondary schools&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>As part of its commitment to policy implementation&comma; the present administration has recruited 1&comma;600 security personnel to safeguard schools and make the learning environment safer&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>The reform prospect of the present administration has been recognized with the budgetary allocation of 31&percnt; in 2024 and 30&percnt; of more than 400 billion in 2025&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>Kano’s vision for education is attainable&comma; and reforming the sector is a giant stride toward a prosperous standard in education&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>Kano’s education is doing well and will be reborn better than ever&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>Kano State<br &sol;>&NewLine;My City My State<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>Abubakar is an educationist he wrote this from Kano<&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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