Bayero University Kano has indicated its readiness to work with the Kano State Government (KNSG) in solving the education crisis facing the state.
The Vice Chancellor of the University Professor Sagir Adamu Abbas gave the assurance yesterday Tuesday when he led a team of the University management that paid a courtesy visit to the state Commissioner of Education, Umar Haruna Doguwa in his office.
Prof. Sagir Adamu maintained that for the education crisis to be solved in Kano, something positive had to be done, noting that one such step taken by the government was the recent declaration of a state of emergency on education.
The Vice-Chancellor hinted that in getting to the root of education problems in Kano, there is a need for the government in power to find out the real picture of the education crisis at hand.
“If you can take your time to research to find out the real problem of education in Kano, the solution will be beyond your time.
“So something needs to be done. We are highly concerned when we go to do admission, even though Kano has the largest number of students in Bayero University but during every admission, we are not taking the number we are expected to take because of lack of qualification,” he decried.
He further explained that the only way out of these educational challenges is to conduct what he called holistic research on education to find out the problem, assuring that the University would remain willing to provide every support in that regard.
He disclosed that there were so many ways the University could assist the state apart from researching the real problem,
“Bayero University also can provide extensive training to teachers in groups and equip them with what they require to start facing the challenges of education in Kano,” he said.
Prof. Adamu however attributed the increased cases of Daba, Drug addiction, and other social vises in Kano to the lack of quality education that had characterized the state for quite some time.
In his response, the Commissioner of Education described the visit as timely considering the new policies and programs put in place by the administration to revive the education sector.
“It is obvious, that the present administration has inherited the state education sector in a stage of total dilapidation and decay of school infrastructures and lack of instructional materials resulting in a non-conducive learning environment.
“We have produced a documentary program portraying total neglect and decay of the education sector meaning that we have a lot to do to address all the challenges of the education sector. This government is now trying to see how it can address those problems inherited in education,” he said.
He assured the management team that the administration would be fully determined to work with the University in finding lasting solutions to those challenges by setting up a team of researchers that would assist in tackling the situation.
Doguwa asserted that the administration focuses on three basic components aimed at improving the education sector which bordered around access, quality, and infrastructure development in schools.
He revealed that so many things had been done by the administration since inception to improve education in the state which include the provision of instructional materials to schools, training of teachers, timely payment of NECO/NBAIS/NABTEB registration fees, recruitment of over 5600 teachers, construction and renovation of schools, repairing of 70 Girl Child Buses, payment of qualifying examination and distribution of free JAMB forms to Kano students among others.
“So, as we thank and appreciate Bayero University Kano for coming to our aid in finding a way forward to our educational crisis, our doors will remain open at all times for advice and necessary guidance so that we can move the education sector forward,” the Commissioner stated.
