NIGER STATE: 100 TEACHERS TRAINED BY FOREIGN UNIVERSITY

 
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In order to transform the education sector of Niger state, the state government has trained 100 teachers in partnership with the University of Cambridge, UK. 

 

The information was disclosed by the Niger State Commissioner for Education, Science and Technology, Hajiya Fatima Madugu during the 2017 budget proposal defence at the State House of Assembly.

According to her, N89million was paid for the training of the teachers on quality of instruction and modern teaching technologies for class use. 

 

In the same vein, the commissioner stated that the state has hired consultants to identify the problems and challenges facing education in the state and that they are almost through with the project. Hajiya fatima Madugu who seems unsatisfied with the 44 per cent performance of 2016 budget of the sector, said the 2017 budget would focus on rehabilitation and renovation of more schools in the state.

However, Bako Alfa, the Chairman, house committee on Education, Science and Technology and members cautioned the ministry against reckless spending. The warning was made at the instance of the N174million which the ministry earlier incurred on the hiring of consultants to transform the education sector. The committee wondered why the ministry did not look inward to engage technocrats and experts within the education ministry in order to save cost particularly at a time of dwindling revenue base.