Education
THE Katsina State Government has inaugurated community school transition monitors’ committees to ensure the transition of students from primary to secondary schools.
The transition is from primary to Junior Secondary School (JSS), from JSS to Senior Secondary level (SSS).
Speaking at the inauguration in Kankara, Hajiya Haduwa Aminu, one of the facilitators said the terms and references of the committee include to identify barriers hindering smooth transition from one level of education to another level and develop strategies to minimise and to eradicate the barriers.
The two-day exercise which held on in Kankara, Baure and Kafur local government areas was supported by UNICEF’s Kano field office, through its REACH project.
Other terms of reference, she said, include to conduct sensitisation campaigns to create awareness on the need for continuous schooling for students, especially girls. Constant monitoring and mentoring of the students within and outside the school.
Others are to conduct a headcount of students every term, keep proper records and to develop action plan for monitoring and mentoring of the students.
The facilitator said every child has a right to education.
”There is a law that provides jail term for parents who deny their children access to education,” he said.
She also said that as part of efforts to provide children with quality education in rural areas, about 50 communities were provided with access to a radio learning hub.
According to her, it is a programme to provide children with access to quality education, especially for Internally Displaced People (IDPs).
Hajiya Haduwa Ahmed, another facilitator, appealed to stakeholders to sensitise communities on the importance of education, especially among female children.
She called on the SBMC leaders, mothers association, religious, community and traditional leaders to do the needful towards promoting education in their areas.
NAN reports that stakeholders at the event mostly attributed the low enrollment in school to poverty and insecurity among other factors.
Alhaji Haruna Mani, a representative of Jama’atul Izalatil Bidi’a Wa’iqamatu Sunna (JIBWIS), called on government to return the school feeding.
This, he said, will lead to improved number of enrollment.
According to him, they are doing everything possible during gatherings to enlighten the public on the importance of education. (NAN)
14th JUNE, 2024.
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