By Balarabe Abdullahi Kiru
State Government has unveiled plan to set up special schools that would cater for the Orphans and indigent children statewide .
Commissioner of Education Alhaji Umar Haruna Duguwa made this known while receiving management of Ulul Albab College Zaria on a visit .
Doguwa maintained that students of the school would be drawn from the 44 local government areas
” The present administration of Alhaji Abba Kabir Yusuf is very keen and passionate in supporting Orphans and the children of less privileged to acquire qualitative education. This explains our plan to come up with an idea of establishing schools for them so as to be part of our set agenda.
” With this development, State Government will be ready to offer hands of collaboration with Ulul Albab Education College and any other organizations that will complement us towards promoting the education sector ” he said.
Umar Doguwa noted that establishment of the college will come at the right time when the administration is designing new strategies of reviving the field .
The Commissioner lamented the level of damage done to the sector previously and craved for concerted effort to normalise the situation
” In 2015, the state had about 45,000 Boarding School Students both Boys and Girls but due to the policy of the previous administratio, we now have only 9000 Students across such colleges statewide ” he stated.
On the documents presented by the college to the state, Commissioner Doguwa said government would study and come up with possible ways of synergy aimed at promoting the area .
Earlier, the Chairman Board of Trustees of the college Alhaji Mahmoud Tauhid said thay were at the office to intimate him about the school and seek for new areas of rapport.
He said the college has over 650 students who are Orphans and indigent receiving virtually free education.
Alhaji Mahmoud stated that beside islamic education being offered , there is a program on youth rehabilitation where youth who indulged in drugs abuse are rehabilitated
” This college focuses on the Northern states and by the next decade , we hope to cover not only the region, but rather the whole nation and some part of the West African sub region.
” Based on this development, we find it imperative to come and intimate you about the school and seek for possible ways of additional ties ” he stressed.
