Kano State Unveils Plans To Establish Special Schools For Orphans
By Salihu Ali, Kano
The Kano State Government in Northwest Nigeria has unveiled plans to establish special schools that will cater the Education needs of Orphans and less privileged children in the state.
The State Commissioner of Education Alhaji Umar Haruna Doguwa said this while playing host the Management of Ulul Albab College Zaria on a visit in Kano.
Doguwa explained that “students of the school would be drawn from the 44 local government areas of the state and would be given free education.”
He said, “the present administration of Alhaji Abba Kabir Yusuf is very keen and passionate in supporting Orphans and the children of less privileged to acquire qualitative education. This explains our plan to come with idea of establishing Orphanage School to be part of our timeline agenda.”
He pledged collaboration with Ulul Albab College to promote Education, saying with “this development, Kano State Government will be ready to offer hands of collaboration with Ulul Albab Education College and any other organisations that will complement it’s effort towards promoting the education sector.”
The Kano Education Commissioner noted that establishment of the college has come at the right time when the administration is designing new strategies of reviving the state education.
He lamented that the level of damage done to the sector in the previous time needed concerted effort and commitment by the administration to revive the Education sector.
He said; “In 2015, the state had about 45,000 Boarding School Students both Boys and Girls but due to the policy of the previous administration on Boarding School closure, we now have only 9000 Boarding Students across the state.”
On the documents presented by the college to the state, Commissioner Doguwa said government would study and come out with possible ways of working together to promote education in the state.
The Chairman Board of Trustees of the college Alhaji Mahmoud Tauhid said they were at the Commissioner’s office to intimate him about the school and seek for new areas of collaboration.
He said; “the college has over 650 students who are Orphans and the children of the less privileged receiving free education.”
Drug Rehabilitation:
Mahmoud stated that, a part from the islamic education offered at the college, there is a programme on youth rehabilitation where youth who engaged on drugs abuse are rehabilitated in the college.
He said; “This college focuses on the Northern states and by the next 10 years, we hope to cover not only the North, but the whole nation and some part of the West African Countries.”
“Based on this development, we find it imperative to come and intimate Kano State Government about the school and seek for possible collaboration to improve the education sector.” Mahmoud said.
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