Agency Reporter

Kano State Government has recruited over 10,000 teachers to fast track the implementation of its Free and Compulsory Education programme.

Governor Abdullahi Ganduje made this known at the National Consultative Workshop on the ECOWAS Post 2020 Vision on Monday in Kano.

Represented by the Permanent Secretary Cabinet Office Musa Yahaya-Bichi, Ganduje said the measure was in line with the ECOWAS Vision, aimed at achieving sustainable social and economic development in the sub-region.

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He said the recruitment was designed to improve the teacher-pupil ratio, enhance school enrolment and reduce the number of Out-of-School children in the state.

The governor noted that the population of the Out-of-School children had dropped to less 400,000 as against 1.3 million before the introduction of the programme in the state.

“This is expected to further shrink because of the popularity of the policy among the people.”

Ganduje said that the government had also inaugurated the Muhammadu Buhari Specialist Hospital and Sheikh Isiaku Rabiu Pediatrics Hospital.