BIRNIN KEBBI – The Kebbi State Government said on Monday that it would deploy the 8,666 teachers recently recruited to rural communities as part of the efforts at improving the standard of education in the state.
Alhaji Samaila Kamba, the Commissioner for Education, made the disclosure in an interview with the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) in Birnin Kebbi.
Kamba said that the recruited teachers were trained for seven weeks on teaching methodology and curriculum in education.
He said that the state would sustain the ongoing development in the education sector, especially through purchase of teaching and learning materials as well as additional recruitment of competent teachers.
He said that schools furniture worth N1 billion had been procured and distributed to public schools to ensure conducive teaching and learning environment.
The commissioner said that the state government had also earmarked N3 billion for the procurement of textbooks in the required subjects, adding that “some schools had been provided with computers and accessories to improve computer literacy among teachers and students”.
Kamba said that efforts would be intensified to improve students’ performance in external examinations, especially on regular pre- examination coaching for students to enable them excel.
He said that the state had invested financially and materially in the education sector, saying, “no amount was too much for education development”.
He said that although some students were exceptionally intelligent, their inability to understand examinations questions usually contributed to their failure in public examinations. (NAN
