ADVERTISEMENT
The Sun Nigeria
  • Home
  • National
  • Columns
    • Broken Tongues
    • Capital Matters
    • Diabetes Corner
    • Duro Onabule
    • Femi Adesina
    • Frank Talk
    • Funke Egbemode
    • Insights
    • Kalu Leadership Series
    • Kunle Solaja
    • Offside Musings
    • PressClips
    • Public Sphere
    • Ralph Egbu
    • Shola Oshunkeye
    • Sideview
    • The Flipside – Eric Osagie
    • Tola Adeniyi
  • Business
  • Politics
  • Entertainment
  • The Sun TV
  • Sporting Sun
No Result
View All Result
  • Home
  • National
  • Columns
    • Broken Tongues
    • Capital Matters
    • Diabetes Corner
    • Duro Onabule
    • Femi Adesina
    • Frank Talk
    • Funke Egbemode
    • Insights
    • Kalu Leadership Series
    • Kunle Solaja
    • Offside Musings
    • PressClips
    • Public Sphere
    • Ralph Egbu
    • Shola Oshunkeye
    • Sideview
    • The Flipside – Eric Osagie
    • Tola Adeniyi
  • Business
  • Politics
  • Entertainment
  • The Sun TV
  • Sporting Sun
No Result
View All Result
The Sun Nigeria
No Result
View All Result
Home Education Review

Katsina schools to remain closed, Education Commissioner says

20th September 2020
in Education Review, National
0
Katsina schools to remain closed, Education Commissioner says
0
SHARES
189
VIEWS
Share on FacebookShare on Twitter

Agaju Madugba, Katsina

The Katsina State Government says it will not order the reopening of primary and secondary schools in the State until the Federal Government makes a definitive pronouncement on the issue.

Speaking in an interview at the weekend, the Commissioner for Education, Prof Lawal Badamasi Charanchi, explained that the various education authorities in the country are still in the process of evaluating the situation regarding the possible impact of the COVID-19 pandemic when students eventually return to school.

According to him, ‘the ongoing final examinations for exit classes in schools was also designed as a test to see the possibility of students contracting the disease in the course of writing the examinations.

‘Luckily for us here in Katsina, none of the over 6,000 students from public schools involved in the examinations has contracted the disease.

‘We do not operate in isolation on the issue of when to order the reopening of schools as the governors and commissioners for Education from across the country liase with the Federal Government and I assure that sooner or later all students will be asked to return to school.’

The Commissioner noted that the performance of its secondary school students in external examinations has recorded significant improvement since the inception of the present administration in 2015.

According to him, out of the total 138,612 candidates who wrote the WAEC Senior Secondary School Certificate Examination (SSSCE) between 2015 and 2019, 63 per cent obtained five credits including English language and Mathematics and above compared with a total of 79,044 candidates who sat for the same examination between 2008 and 2014 and got zero credits in English language and Mathematics.

Charanchi attributed the development to what he described as government’s commitment towards improvement of the general standard of education in the State.

Moreover, according to him, ‘this outstanding performance can also be attributed to the prompt payment of teachers’ salaries, welfare packages, prompt promotion, infrastructural development of the schools as well as provision of instructional materials, among others.’

He said that all the 32,000 primary and secondary schools in the State had been engaged in various training programmes adding that government has so far spent about N1.7 billion for the procurement of laboratories equipment, books, computers and other teaching and learning resources.

Moreover, according to him, 13 of the 18 science and technical and vocational schools in the State have been rehabilitated and upgraded.

‘A total of 30,448 three-seater students’ furniture were procured and distributed to various secondary schools,’ he said.

David

David

Sun News Online team

Related Posts

FG begins COVID-19 vaccination in Abuja
National

FG begins COVID-19 vaccination in Abuja

6th March 2021
WAEC de-recognises 37 schools in Benue over exam malpractices
National

WAEC reschedules cancelled Literature papers for March 11

6th March 2021
Bandits kill 70, sack 8 villages in Niger
National

Bandits kill 17 in Sokoto

6th March 2021
Next Post
Edo 2020: Ihama raises alarm over sudden disappearance of Returning Officers, Electoral Officers in Orhionmwon LGA

Edo 2020: Ihama raises alarm over sudden disappearance of Returning Officers, Electoral Officers in Orhionmwon LGA

Abia landlords lament moves to force them to pay borehole fees

Abia landlords lament moves to force them to pay borehole fees

Groups to partner with language institute to end years of neglect

Groups to partner with language institute to end years of neglect

Leave a Reply Cancel reply

Your email address will not be published. Required fields are marked *

Highlights

Bandits kill 17 in Sokoto

Fuel scarcity: In Enugu, other cities, commuters, commercial motorists groan as transport fares go up

I’ve not disappointed Rivers people, PDP – Wike

Fire razes Onitsha Plastic Market

$300m FDI: Court dismisses motion of directors against oil firm

Obaseki, Oba of Benin, others celebrate Victor Uwaifo at 80

Trending

FG begins COVID-19 vaccination in Abuja
National

FG begins COVID-19 vaccination in Abuja

6th March 2021
0

From Fred Ezeh, Abuja The Federal Government, on Friday, flagged off COVID-19 vaccination exercise in Abuja, with...

WAEC de-recognises 37 schools in Benue over exam malpractices

WAEC reschedules cancelled Literature papers for March 11

6th March 2021
Ondo: 12 jostle for APC ticket

Supreme Court Sacks Aguma as Rivers State APC Chairman

6th March 2021
Bandits kill 70, sack 8 villages in Niger

Bandits kill 17 in Sokoto

6th March 2021
COVID-19: Fuel consumption revenue to decline by N4.3tr –Report

Fuel scarcity: In Enugu, other cities, commuters, commercial motorists groan as transport fares go up

6th March 2021

Follow us on social media:

Categories

  • Abuja Metro
  • Arts
  • Broken Tongues
  • Business
  • Business Week
  • Cartoons
  • Citizen Joe
  • Columns
  • Cover
  • Culture
  • Duro Onabule
  • Editorial
  • Education Review
  • Effect
  • Elections
  • Entertainment
  • Events
  • Features
  • Femi Adesina
  • Food & Drinks
  • Frank Talk
  • Funke Egbemode
  • Gallery
  • Global Square by Kenneth Okonkwo
  • Health
  • Insights
  • Kalu Leadership Series
  • Kunle Solaja
  • Kunle Solaja
  • Letters
  • Lifeline
  • Lifestyle
  • Literary Review
  • Marketing Matters
  • Muiz Banire
  • National
  • News
  • Offside Musings
  • Opinion
  • oriental news
  • Politics
  • Press Release
  • PressClips
  • Public Sphere
  • Ralph Egbu
  • Shola Oshunkeye
  • Sideview
  • South-west Magazine
  • Sponsored Post
  • Sporting Sun
  • Sports
  • Sun Girl
  • Tea Time
  • The Flipside – Eric Osagie
  • The Sun Awards Live
  • The Sun TV
  • Thoughts & Talks
  • Time Out
  • Today's cover
  • Tola Adeniyi
  • Travel
  • Travel & Tourism
  • Trending
  • TSWeekend
  • Turf Game
  • Uncategorized
  • Updates
  • Views from Abroad
  • Voices
  • World
  • World News
  • Home
  • About Us
  • Paper Ad Rate
  • Online Ad Rate
  • The Team
  • Contact Us
  • Privacy Policy

© 2019 The Sun Nigeria - Managed by Netsera.

No Result
View All Result
  • Home
  • National
  • Columns
    • Broken Tongues
    • Capital Matters
    • Diabetes Corner
    • Duro Onabule
    • Femi Adesina
    • Frank Talk
    • Funke Egbemode
    • Insights
    • Kalu Leadership Series
    • Kunle Solaja
    • Offside Musings
    • PressClips
    • Public Sphere
    • Ralph Egbu
    • Shola Oshunkeye
    • Sideview
    • The Flipside – Eric Osagie
    • Tola Adeniyi
  • Business
  • Politics
  • Entertainment
  • The Sun TV
  • Sporting Sun

© 2019 The Sun Nigeria - Managed by Netsera.

Welcome Back!

Login to your account below

Forgotten Password?

Create New Account!

Fill the forms below to register

All fields are required. Log In

Retrieve your password

Please enter your username or email address to reset your password.

Log In

Add New Playlist