Kano State Government has ordered the immediate reopening of six Technical Colleges in the state to enable students in the exit class to write the forthcoming National Business and Technical Examinations Board (NABTEB) examinations.
The state’s Commissioner for Education, Malam Sanusi Kiru, gave the directive on Sunday, in a statement issued by the Ministry’s Public Relations Officer, Mr. Aliyu Yusuf.
According to Kiru, the directive followed the approval granted by Gov. Abdullahi Ganduje in response to a Memo recently submitted to him.
The commissioner said that the state government had ordered the immediate payment of the NABTEB examinations fees of all the SSS3 students in the technical schools.
Also, he disclosed that the sum of N15.6 million had been earmarked for students’ feeding, while another N860,000 had been set aside for the upkeep of the respective colleges.
According to him, such steps are to facilitate the smooth reopening of the schools.
The statement further noted that government had provided all the required Personnel Protective Equipment(PPE’s) to all the students to ensure strict adherence to the COVID-19 protocols.
Kiru therefore directed the Executive Secretary of the Board to call on the directors and principals of the six colleges to reciprocate government’s gesture by doing what was expected of them.
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