Tambuwal flags off program to enrol 1.2m kids into schools

Governor Aminu Waziri Tambuwal Tuesday
flagged off an enrollment program which seeks to
admit one million, two hundred and sixty eight
thousand (1,268,000) new pupils into primary and
junior secondary schools across the state.
The ambitious program, flagged off at Bodinga
LGA of the state, seeks to enhance access to all
eligible children to universal basic education and
promote retention, completion and transition of
students from basic and secondary levels to
tertiary institutions in the state.
Speaking at the event, Tambuwal said
government will strenghten the enrollment drive to
ensure that it achieved its objectives.

He said parents will be supported with a
conditional cash transfer programmes by the
government to ensure they allow their children
attend classes.
To ensure further success, the government said it
will deploy technology for biometric data capture
of those enrolled in order to keep trackof their
school attendance and performance, and at the
same time take steps to address constraints and
challenges that may arise while they are in
schools.
In his remarks, UNICEF's Chief Field Officer in
Sokoto, Mohammad Mohiuddin, said the
enrolment campaign could not have come at a
time considering the fact that Sokoto has the
highest number of primary school children that
are out of school in the country most of who are
girls.
He however said that the state is currently one of
the five states in the North that is benefiting from
UK and US governments' funded Girls Education
Progect phase 3.
In his remarks, the state commissioner for baic
and secondary education, Dr. Muhammad Jabbi
Kilgoresaid the theme for the enrolment drive is
'Catch them early, keep them long.'
He said the campaign will be aggressively
conducted to massively regiserchildren with
special focus on girl child with a view to lay solid
foundation on gender balance in schools.