School headmasters task Kano Govt on recruitment of qualified teachers
Primary school headmasters in Kano State, have tasked the State Government to recruit adequate qualified teachers in schools, to address the decay in the education sector under the State of Emergency of the current administration.
A cross-section of headmasters who spoke with journalists on Wednesday, said that the gesture would help in restoring the lost glory of the education sector.
Malam Murtala Aliyu, the headmaster of Garindau Primary School, in Warawa Local Government Area (LGA) of the state, urged the government to provide the school adequate qualified teachers as there were only 18 teachers in the school.
He said the call was necessary if state government wanted to achieve better results after the declaration of state of emergency in education sector by Gov. Abba Yusuf.
“One very important thing is that we need more qualified teachers because there are only 18 teachers in this school with over 2,000 pupils. We also need a dispensary and a health worker.
“We have 2,012 pupils in all, so we need more toilets, we need a solar powered borehole to provide safe drinking water for the school.
“We are also calling on the government to renovate the old classrooms to standard, replace the lost roofs, doors and windows, as it adds one storey building of four classes and offices,” the headmaster said.
He said that the number of chairs and desks supplied to school were grossly inadequate considering the pupils population in the school.
“Just yesterday (Tuesday) we received 80 pieces of the three-seater chairs and desks but we need five times the number considering the number of students we are having in the school.
“Even today when we arrived in the morning, we saw that some zinc roofing sheets have been stollen, although we have a fence around the school we need it to be raised higher in addition to employing more security guards to work during the day and night.
“If those things are effectively implemented, the state emergency in education will succeed.
“The entire school is flooded annually during rains season, the situation is affecting teaching and learning,” he said.
The reporters also visited Chula Central Primary School in Ajingi LGA, where the headmaster, Haruna Ibrahim, complained of inadequate classes for the 1,270 pupils, adding that the school also lacked enough teachers.
“It is even with the coming of the current administration that our number of teachers were increased to 12. We need more teachers to meet up with the nine years program of six years in primary and three years in Junior Secondary School.
“We also require additional classrooms here because the primary schools in the neighbouring villages come here to write their common entrance examinations.
“They come from villages like Tudun Karago, Guzawa and Yan Kinta, and all of them are sent here for the Junior Secondary School.
“We need a fence round the school, a staffroom, a dispensary, more toilets, furniture and a library,” he said.
The headmasters called on the state government to ensure the total overhaul of the education sector under the current state of emergency in education in the state.
