The Kano State government has condemned the free education policy implemented by former Governor Abdullahi Ganduje, labelling it a significant failure.
During Ganduje’s tenure, he introduced free and compulsory education in basic and secondary schools as a means to address the issue of out-of-school children.
However, the newly appointed Commissioner for Education, Umar Doguwa, has pointed out major flaws in Ganduje’s education system, citing the lack of basic amenities in many primary and secondary schools under the previous administration.
Doguwa expressed his concern while visiting Government Girls Secondary School (GGSS), Tumfafi, Dawakin Tofa Local Council, where he observed that students were sitting on the bare floor in overcrowded classrooms.
He noted that “nine out of the 16 classrooms had no furniture, and the remaining few had limited chairs and desks.”
He also highlighted that “a classroom block construction project initiated by the Tumfafi community was abandoned.”
He stated that the former commissioner had promised to complete the project, emphasising that “its completion would have helped alleviate overcrowding.”
During his visit to Government Technical College, Dambatta, Doguwa engaged in an open discussion with the students and expressed his disappointment that the previous administration had neglected to renovate the college’s four destroyed hostels over a span of almost five years.
As a result, the 530 students were forced to live in two cramped hostels and were pleading for the reconstruction of their damaged facilities.
In light of these issues, the commissioner appealed for assistance from IDEAS, a World Bank-funded project aimed at improving infrastructure in science and technical schools in the state, to prioritise the renovation of the hostels at Government Technical College.
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