By Fadhlillah Abdallah
“State government has paid all its marching grants, counterpart fund to UBEC and other stakeholders” – SUBEB Chairman
Sokoto state governor, Aminu Waziri Tambuwal has declared that his administration will soon send an executive bill to the State House of Assembly for the extension of service years of teachers from 60 to 65 years.
The governor stated this while distributing instructional materials to the 23 local government education authorities in the state at the headquarters of the State Universal Basic Education Board (SUBEB) on Wednesday.
According to Tambuwal, his administration is also committed to increasing the salaries of primary school teachers when verification of teachers is concluded.
He stressed that the verification exercise is not intended to expel any teacher from service but to ascertain genuine number of teachers in the system.
According to him, the verification will save more funds to improve the welfare of, as well as employing more.
Earlier, the Commissioner of Basic and Secondary Education, Mohammed Bello Gwuiwa said the instructional materials were secured by the state government in its effort to boost basic education in the state.
On his part, the Executive Chairman of SUBEB, Altine Shehu Kajiji said the instructional materials were meant for distribution not only to schools under the board but also to sister agencies.
These include JSS Schools under the Ministry for Science and Technical Education, Arabic and Islamic Education Board, Female Education Board, Agency for Mass Education and Agency for Nomadic Education among others.
The instructional materials include chalk, attendance books, admission and pupils registers, scheme of work records and diaries.
Others are English text books for primary four to six, desktop computers and radio sets provided by UNICEF as well as school bags, sandals, mats and uniforms to be distributed to pupils under the Better Education Service Delivery for All Non-Formal Learning System (BESDA).
According to Kajiji, the state government has paid all its marching grants, counterpart fund to UBEC and other stakeholders, including that of 2022.
