Muhammad Garba
Jigawa state government has handed over 970 schools to the United Nations Children’s Fund (UNICEF) and NewGlobe a United Kingdom-based education solution organization to support the state in improving learning outcomes in the basic education sector.
The Executive Chairman of State Universal Basic Education, Professor Haruna Musa, revealed on Tuesday while fielding questions from newsmen on the current status of the state learning outcome, particularly the basic sector.
He noted that the state is fully aware of the inherited poor learning outcome and since assuming office, Governor Umar Namadi’s administration has been working tirelessly to change the narrative.
Prof. Musa added that improving the education sector is a collective effort and the state is ready to collaborate with any organization, or individual public and private sector for achieving the desired goals.
“It is in this direction we signed an agreement with UNICEF through its sponsored program and a total of 470 schools were given to them to support initiatives for Improving teaching and learning there.
“The state government had also signed another agreement with NewGlobe a United Kingdom-based education to give an intervention in 500 to 1,000 selected basic education schools to improve the learning outcomes.
“What we are expecting from the partners was to provide technical support while the state continues to improve the Infrastructures, employ teachers, and other requirements for effective teaching and learning” Prof Musa stated
The ES however revealed that the School Base Management Committee (SBMC) Mothers group and other community stakeholders were involved in monitoring students’ attendance to class, teachings, and learning in the schools.
“The effort they have taken has already started yielding encouraging results, with significant differences from previous pupils’ performance, and maintained that shortly the general survey will show the positive changes taking place in the state education sector under governor Namadi’s 12 point agenda,” Prof. Musa added.
