The World Bank has set
aside a US$100 million grant to five states in Nigeria to improve girl child
education, Tunde Adekola, Senior Education Specialist at the World Bank, has
said.
The five states are: Katsina, Kano, Kaduna, Jigawa and
Sokoto.
The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that the grant was
provided under the Nigerian Partnership for Education Project.
Tunde stated this on Tuesday in Katsina at the inauguration
of the project, saying the grant was provided to support the education of
children, especially those at the rural areas to have access to qualitative
education.
He said the grant would also be used for the training of
teachers, renovation of schools, provision of teaching materials and offering
scholarship to students.
He said the World Bank would strengthen the school
management system to improve the quality of education in primary schools.
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| Tunde Adekola, Senior Education Specialist at the World Bank |
The World Bank official commended the five benefiting states
for providing enabling environment and necessary teaching materials in schools.
He said the World Bank would collaborate with other
developing agencies such as UNICEF, UNESCO and DFID for successful
implementation of the project.
Earlier, the governor of Katsina State, Aminu Masari, said
his administration had set up a department of girl child education and
appointed a Special Adviser for the office.
He said his government had given education top priority by
setting aside 22 percent of the 2016 budget for the improvement of education
sector.
He said the state government had introduced scholarship
programme for female teachers studying at Isah Kaita College of Education and
other higher institutions in the state.
Masari commended the World Bank and other donour agencies
for their financial support to the education sector.
In his remarks, the Emir of Katsina, Abdulmumini Kabir,
expressed concern at the deplorable state of the education in the state, urging
the government to rescue the sector.
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