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Kaduna State Commissioner of Education, Prof. Muhammad Sani Bello, has announced plans to construct 102 new schools in communities without educational facilities at the quarterly ministerial press briefing held at Sir Kashim Ibrahim House Wednesday.
The project is part of Governor Uba Sani’s efforts to expand access to education and improve learning environments. The goal is to ensure no child walks more than one kilometer to access a school.
Since assuming office, the administration has built more schools, additional classrooms, and enhanced teacher and learner quality.
Prof. Bello pointed out that the administration has constructed more schools and additional classrooms, as well as improved the quality of both learners and teachers since he assumed office.
“At the basic education level under SUBEB, more than 600 classrooms have been constructed since the beginning of this administration and quite a number are being renovated and the era of having students studying in an environment that is not conducive for learning has been averted,’’ he said.
Prof. Bello said 62 new secondary schools have been built under the AGILE project, promising that 50 new ones will be constructed before the second anniversary of the administration.
He further disclosed that the six science secondary schools that were funded by the Islamic Development Bank are now up and running.
‘’That project started 16 years ago, but it was stalled and abandoned, it is this administration that completed the school and more than 2,000 students have been enrolled in those schools which are pure science schools,’’ he recalled.
The commissioner argued that the policies of the present administration have manifested in good learning outcomes as can be attested to by the results of national examinations conducted by WAEC, NECO and NABTEB.
Prof. Bello disclosed that the percentage of students who passed with five credits in those examinations before the coming of this administration was 54%, adding that the percentage is now 67%.
Furthermore, the commissioner recalled that Governor Uba Sani’s commitment to education was evident in his first Executive Order, which reduced tuition fees in all state-owned tertiary institutions by 40%.
