Kano State
Governor, Abdullahi Umar Ganduje, yesterday explained why government would
still retain the services of about 25000 unqualified teachers in the state
public primary schools.
Speaking at the distribution of
empowerment facilities to 550 youths and car loans to 2,600 civil servants at
the Government House, Ganduje confirmed that his administration inherited no
fewer than 25,000 unqualified teachers in the state’s primary schools.
Ganduje explained that instead of
sacking the teachers, government was mindful of the multiplier effect of
unemployment market, adding that the teachers had since been enrolled in
tertiary institution to acquire their National Certificate of Education (NCE).
The Guardian
recently conducted an investigation on qualified teachers in Kano and found
that 65 per cent of the teachers in public primary and secondary schools were
not qualified.
While restating government’s commitment
to efficient and effective policies for functional civil service in Kano,
Ganduje hinted that the loans were strategically deployed to motivate the
workers to perform better.
He added that the state government
recently removed the dichotomy between the Higher National Diploma (HND) and
university degree, as well as tenure of directors in the state civil service to
infuse efficiency and equal opportunity for all.
Ganduje, who cautioned the youths
not to divert the empowerment equipment given to them after their training,
revealed that a government team would be set up to monitor their progress.
The collaborative empowerment
programme between the Kano State Government and Industrial Training Funds (ITF)
trained the 550 youths in a three-month intensive vocational training in
tailoring, plumbing, photography and Plaster of Paris (POP).
Director General of ITF, Josheph Ari
who lauded the state government empowerment initiative charged the
beneficiaries to be employers of labour. He added that the vocational programme
was in line with Federal Government sustainable economic growth initiative to
encourage self-sufficiency and create more jobs.
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