Kano, Jigawa, Sokoto Students To Benefit From EU Intervention

Kano State has been selected to be one of the top beneficiaries of the newly introduced European Union-funded education and empowerment programme in Nigeria.

The programme is aimed at increasing the number of girls and boys benefiting from safe, inclusive, relevant learning and skills development opportunities in Kano, Jigawa and Sokoto states.

This was contained in a statement by the Director Public Enlightenment of the Ministry of Education and issued to newsmen on Tuesday.

The team leader of a delegation from the United Nations Children’s Fund, Mr Michael Banda, made the disclosure while briefing the state Commissioner for Education, Alhaji Umar Doguwa, about the programme in his office on Tuesday.

He said the four-year programme which commenced from September 2023 to August 2027 would cover 10 LGAs each from Kano, Jigawa and Sokoto states.

“The programme is aimed to benefit about 1.2 million learners, 5,000 teachers, 150 education officials and 5,400 community members in different areas of educational intervention.

“The programme operation is categorized into three main outputs which involve strengthened education governance and learning, expanded access to safe and inclusive learning environment and giving quality, continuous learning and enhanced competencies,” he explained.

Abanda noted that as the world is changing with digital technology, there is a need to adopt a systematic approach to the education sector whereby both teachers and learners would be provided with digital training.

He also noted that if digital technology is to be introduced to transform the education sector, definitely teachers, learners as well and ministry officials must be fully involved to acquire the needed training.

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