Sokoto Governor, Aminu Tambuwal, Declares Emergency On Education

According to Premium Times, Sokoto State Governor, Aminu
Tambuwal on Wednesday declared a state of emergency on the state’s education
sector, with a pledge to totally turn around the fortune of the sector in the
next four years.

Announcing the decision after the state executive council
meeting presided over by Mr. Tambuwal, the state commissioner of finance, Saidu
Umar, said henceforth, extraordinary measures would be implemented within a
defined time-frame to achieve desired result.

He said statistics on education in Sokoto was not only
worrisome, but regrettable, adding that with the new policy in place,
government hoped to reverse the negative trend for the benefit of the state.

“Our objective is to improve enrollment at all stages—basic,
secondary and tertiary,” Mr. Umar said.

“By the end of this programme, we will ensure that our
quotas in all federal schools are filled.

“We hope to improve quality of teachers by training and
retraining, and recruitment of new ones. Any teacher whose capacity did not
improve after the training will be reassigned to where his ability will be
better needed. The ultimate aim is to improve human capital capacity in the
sector, eliminate inequality in access and radically improve numeracy and
literacy,” he added.