😢Students Poor Performance: Northern Governor Set To Declare State Of EMERGENCY

Apparently as a result of poor performance of pupils from the state at national examinations, Governor Atiku Bagudu of Kebbi State has expressed intention to declare a state of emergency in the education sector, noting that the policy would improve teaching and learning in the state.

The governor who is perhaps stung by the low number of Kebbi children competing for places in Federal Government colleges made the statement at Kebbi Development Forum (KDF), an NGO in Birnin Kebbi, on Sunday.

It will be noted that that performance of students from Kebbi State during 2017 entrance exams was the lowest. Out of the 78,378 pupils that participated in the recent 2017 National Common Entrance Examination, to book places in unity colleges, Kebbi had the least number of candidates. It had 63, a sharp contrast with Lagos which had 24,816 candidates.

Bagudu,who decried the low standard of education in the state, said his administration would work with stakeholders to transform the sector.

“We would improve upon the human capacity problems in all levels of education,” he said, adding that he would constitute a stakeholders “consensus committee’’ on education.

He said his administration would recruit more teachers, provide equipment to schools and improve teachers’ welfare.

”It is our belief that for any society to develop, its citizens must be sensitised, to enable informed and enlightened decisions such as demand for services and accountability from their elected representatives,” he added.

Also, Justice Usman Muhammad at the event lamented the backwardness of the state in education and tasked stakeholders to assist resolve the problem.

A committee member, Dr Aisha Adamu called on the state government to be more committed towards promoting girl child education, adding that, “if you educate a woman you educate the nation.”