Jigawa Presents 970 Schools To UNICEF, UK Firm

Jigawa State government has signed an agreement with UNICEF and NewGlobe, a United Kingdom-based education solution organisation to support the state in improving learning outcome in the basic education sector of the state.

The executive chairman, State Universal Basic Education, Professor Haruna Musa revealed this while fielding question from newsmen on the current status of the state’s learning outcome particularly the basic sector.

Professor Haruna noted that the state is fully aware of the inherited poor learning outcome in the state and since assumption of office, the Governor Umar Namadi-led administration has been working tirelessly to change the narrative.

He added that improving the education sector is a collective effort and the state was ready to collaborate with any organisation, an individual, public and private sectors for achieving the desired goals.

“It is on this direction we signed an agreement with UNICEF through its sponsored programme, PLINE and a total of 470 school was given to them to support initiative for improving teaching and learning.

“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 for improving the learning outcomes.

“What we are expecting from the partners was to provide technical support while the state continues to improve the infrastructure, employ teachers and other requirement for effective teaching and learning,” Prof Haruna stated

The ES however revealed that, School Base Management Committee (SBMC) Mothers group and other community stakeholders were involved in monitoring students attendance to class, teaching and learning in the schools.

Professor Haruna added that, the effort they have taken has already started yielding an encouraging result, with significant difference from previous pupils’ performance, adding that in the nearest future the general survey would show the positive changes in the state education sector under Governor Malam Umar Namadi’s 12-point agenda.