Bauchi refutes allegations of poor educational project execution
By Idris Ayinde
The Bauchi state government has faulted an allegation that education projects are poorly executed in the state, insisting that the allegation was baseless and unfounded.
Dr Muhammed Lawal, the state Commissioner for Education, faulted the allegation on Monday, during a one day meeting on Roadmap to Equality, Tools for Transforming Girls’ Education in Bauchi organised by Connected Development (CODE ) funded by MALALA Funds.
According to him, the State Government, through the State Universal Basic Education Board (SUBEB), was ensuring effective monitoring and supervision of every project across the State.
Lawal added that with the reorganisation of SUBEB, things have changed positively as the Staff were now more up and doing than before.
He explained that efforts were ongoing to ensure that SUBEB takes complete control of Teachers recruitment and supervision in order to ensure that things are done the right and proper way.
The Commissioner stressed that the State Government was committed to ensuring standard and quality educational services delivery in order to produce students that could compete with others from across the country.
While declaring the meeting opened, the Commissioner commended the organisers of the meeting adding that it was coming at the right time.
Earlier speaking, Hamza Lawal of the MALALA Funds explained that the meeting was basically to present the findings on the status of Girls education in the State based on the outcome of a survey conducted in 4 LGAs of the State.
He assured that the MALALA Funds would continue to support development and growth of Girls education in the State so as to bridge the gap in the sector.
In her remarks, Partnership Manager, Nigeria Malala Fund’s, Maryam Danburam, commended the development of Education in the state in spite of the huge number of out-of-school children saying that the gap is gradually closing up.
She assured that the Fund will continue to have its presence in the state in order to improve the quality and standards of education of the girls.
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