The Kaduna state government has said that it will offer full scholarships to indigenes studying medicine and other science courses in tertiary institutions in the country.
The Commissioner for Education, Prof. Sani Bello, said this on Thursday during a news briefing in kaduna.
Bello said that the gesture was intended to cushion the effect of the current economic reality in the country.
According to him, the measure is in addition to the downward review of the tuition fees for state-owned higher institutions.
He said that government recorded a decline in students’ enrollment as a result of the hike in the fees.
He, therefore, hoped that with the downward review, there would be an increase in the student enrollment.
“Given the current reality, our scholarship will focus on funding those in the state, with this we don’t have to go through problem of high exchange rate of the dollars,” Bello said.
He also said that government was working toward reducing the school fee of the Kaduna Capital School, which was increased to N65,000 from N10,000 by the previous administration.
He said that a memo had been sent to the governor to that effect to enable those wishing to enroll their children and wards to do so.
The commissioner further said that plan was underway to build six model schools in Jere, Manchok, Riga Chikum, Buruku and Panbegua.
He said that some were already at between 80 percent and 90 percent completion.
He said that the government also approved the establishment of another campus of the College of Education, Gidan Waya at Hunkuyi to reduce the cost of transportation from Zone One to Zone Three.
