This is just as the Governor also splashed N100, 000 each to 200 best performing primary school teachers as a way of encouraging them to put in their best in their teaching profession. Ganduje, while distributing the instructional materials/furniture to basic education schools for better service delivery on free and compulsory basic education in the state in an elaborate occasion held at the premises of the State Universal Basic Education Board (SUBEB), Ganduje said his administration will continue to sustain the free education policy. His words, “there is no doubt that in Kano, free, compulsory basic and secondary education policy has become a reality. We have commenced distribution of millions of textbooks, pencils, rulers, sharpeners, attendance registers, admission registers, and so many other instructional materials. He further stated that with the training and re-training of primary school teachers, Kano now boasts of over 98 per cent of qualified teachers in the primary schools.

Source: Nigerian Tribune January 11, 2020 10:52 UTC