Jigawa Govt Earmarks Fund For School Feeding Programme 

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Jigawa Govt Earmarks Fund For School Feeding Programme
By: Ahmed Aminu, Dutse
Jigawa state government says it has made adequate provisions in its 2025 budget for the continuation of the school feeding programme.
The Executive Chairman of the state Universal Basic Education Board (SUBEB), Prof. Haruna Musa made this known while chatting with newsmen in Dutse.
He said that under the Home Grown School Feeding Programme, the Federal Government funds the feeding of pupils from Primary 1-3 while states pay for those in class 4-6.
“The Jigawa state government has made enough provisions for the home grown feeding in the 2025 approved budget,” he said.
“The governor has added more money in this year’s budget to take care of possible high cost of prices.”
The executive chairman urged the federal government to revisit the programme without further delay, so as to attract more children to school.
On the recent report by the United Nations Children Fund (UNICEF), which placed the among those with high number of out-of-school children, and poor foundational reading and numeracy skills, Musa said they were aware and taking measures to address the problems.
He said part of the strategies include the
recruitment of over 5,000 qualified teachers, and provision of teaching and learning materials to primary and junior secondary schools.
The SUBEB chairman said Jigawa has entered into a strategic partnership with NewGlobe, a United Kingdom-based education solution organization for the implementation of the “Jigawa Unite”, an initiative aimed at transforming basic education in the state.
“Our engagement with NewGlobe to revamp basic education is a deliberate attempt to ensure we transform the entire education system. I have confidence and hope that history will judge us right for this significant investment in our children’s future.”
UNICEF in its report indicated that Jigawa has about 800,000 out of school children,  and only 2% of those in primary schools have foundational reading skills, while less than 1% have numeracy skills.

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