Jigawa restates commitment to education dev’t

DUSTE (Sundiata Scholar) – Gov. Umar Namadi of Jigawa, has reitrated commitment to reinvigorate the education sector for sustainable social and economic development of the state.

Namadi also tasked students to aim for good grades in science subjects in the external examinations.

He said this at the inauguration of a one-day training exercise of facilitators for the Remediation Programme, on Wednesday in Dutse.

Represented by Garba Makama, the Special Adviser to the governor on Adult Education, Namadi enjoined students to dedicate themselves to studies to achieve academic excellence.

“One of the priorities of our administration is strengthening the quality of education in Jigawa State, through various ways such as building the capacity of teachers.

“So, students also have to be good ambassadors for education to compliment the effort of all stakeholders in uplifting the educational standards in the state,” he said.

Dr Hassan Abba, Executive Secretary, Jigawa Agency for Mass Education, said the state recorded remarkable improvement in NECO examamination from 2019 till date.

He attributed the successes to the implenentation of remedial, continuing education and non-formal education programmes in the state.

Abba said that part of the mandate of the agency was to conduct extra coaching for senior secondary school students, to prepare them for external examinations through the remediation approach.

“The essence of today’s training of facilitators of the remedial programme, is to prepare for the upcoming private NECO examinations coming up in Novermber and December 2024.

“The remediation programme is one of the six programmes run by the agency as enshrined by Law No.6 of 2008 Vol. I page 2, Subsection 3(c), to organise a Remedial programme,” he said.

He commended the state government and partners for their commitments towards transforming the education sector in the state.

In a presentation, Hussaini Nayaya, Executive Director, Jigawa Educational Resource Department, defined remedial education as an ability to re-enforce previously taught basic skills to improve student utcomes.

He also identified lack of time management; failure to grasp the requirement of the examinations, inteferance of mother dialect, poor expression, non adherence to rubrics and indecipherable handwriting as some of the causes of examination failure. (NAN)