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  • KwaraLEARN trains 384 school support officers in digital supervision, monitoring

    KwaraLEARN trains 384 school support officers in digital supervision, monitoring

    Kwara State Leading Education Achievement and Reform Now (KwaraLEARN) on Tuesday concluded a weeklong intensive training for hundreds of school support officers (SSOs) who are supervising head teachers across the sixteen local governments of the state.

    The SSOs are field officers under the state Universal Basic Education Board (SUBEB) to provide support to school administrators and teachers to improve school governance and the quality of teaching and learning.

    The training held between 19th and 26th May, 2025, and drew at at least 384 participants, who were trained on the use of modern technology for effective supervision of school teachers.

    Speaking at the graduation ceremony in Ilorin on Tuesday, the Commissioner for Education and Human Capital Development, Dr Lawal Olohungbebe, applauded the participants for their sacrifice and how they are committed to the process to transform the education sector of the state.

    He charged them to continue to offer their best and translate what they have learnt during the session into use, saying all eyes are on them to support the government’s efforts to improve learning outcomes across schools.  

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    “Now, you have the responsibility to join the efforts to take the education sector to greater heights. We are confident that we will not blame ourselves for giving you this task. We will also not regret that the state has invested so much into moving the sector forward. You are expected to put everything you have learnt into practice,” he said.

    Managing Director, KwaraLEARN, Mrs. Laide Abel, said the training is not the same with the ones they earlier held, adding this and other education programmes mirror the visionary quality of Governor AbdulRahman AbdulRazaq.

    “This training is not like any other training. Why is this training very important in the history of the state? You have been equipped because you are the one who will make the KwaraLEARN programme sustainable in kwara,” she said. 

    “We are handing over the baton to you. You are to make sure all the foundation works that have been done by KwaraLEARN will continue to work excellently in the state. That makes you an important part of history.

    “I want you to understand that without you the programme will collapse, and I pray that it will not collapse in your hands.”

    She commended the Governor for his government’s transformation agenda for the education sector, noting this has changed the trajectory of lives of the school children. 

    Participants, who spoke to newsmen, such as Mr Musa Saidu from Kaiama local government and Mrs Adeleye Omolara (Ilorin South), took turns to hail the Governor for digitizing the education sector through the introduction of the KwaraLearn programme.

  • KwaraLEARN marks 2nd anniversary amid stakeholders’ applause, improved learning outcomes

    KwaraLEARN marks 2nd anniversary amid stakeholders’ applause, improved learning outcomes

    Kwara Governor AbdulRahman AbdulRazaq’s investments in the tech-driven KwaraLEARN initiative has continued to record success with improved learning outcomes and enrollment of pupils from 120,000 to 180,000 in the first two years, Mrs Laide Abel, Managing Director of the programme, said on Tuesday. 

    KwaraLEARN is an acronym for Kwara State Leading Education Achievement and Reform Now, involving government’s huge investment in modern technology to empower teachers and support learning in basic classes.

    Abel said at a stakeholders’ retreat marking its second anniversary that KwaraLEARN has improved literacy and numeracy skills of pupils in Kwara basic schools by at least 50%.

    The retreat saw different departmental make presentations to analyze their experiences on the fields and in tech-based situation rooms in different parts of the state.

    The retreat was attended by top government officials, including the Chairman, House Committee on Education, Hon. Muhammed Baba Salahu; Commissioner for Education and Human Capital Development Sa’adatu Moddibo Kawu; Commissioner for Planning and Economic Development Aliyu Kora Sabi; Commissioner for Communications Bola Olukoju; Chairman; State Universal Basic Education Board (SUBEB) Prof Sheu Raheem Adaramaja; Accountant General of the State Alhaji AbdulGaniyu Sani.

    “So far, we have seen a lot of impacts, and I will say in two years, we are happy with the results we are getting. For instance, the number of our school children who could not read has been reduced by over 50 percent, while the number of our children who could not solve simple numeracy sums has been reduced by over 50 percent. We will continue to do more to achieve more positive results,” the Managing Director told reporters on the sideline of the retreat in Ilorin.

    “Another area that I must talk about is the improvement in the enrollment of children in schools. The school enrollment has increased to over 180,000 children from primary 1 to 6 across all public primary schools in the state from 120,000 when the programme commenced.

    “That shows the impacts and acceptability of the programme. Similarly, absenteeism has also dropped by 50 per cent because everyone understands that they are being monitored directly from different situation rooms.”

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    Laide commended the administration for being passionate about educational development and appreciated AbdulRazaq for his trust in her team. 

    Hon. Baba praised the government for investing so much to turn around the education sector in the state, saying the outcome has shown a clear departure from the past.

    “KwaraLEARN project is very promising, although in the Education sector you cannot do it all at a time. Rome was not built in a day. So, we still have some gaps, but it is a clear shift from the ugly past,” he said. 

    “We sincerely thank His Excellency Governor AbdulRahman AbdulRazaq for the right investments in education and many other sectors.” 

    Sa’adatu, for her part, said the KwaraLearn initiative has been extremely impactful, while the progress recorded so far has been very encouraging.

    “It has really improved the learning outcome tremendously across board. We saw more of these excellent results in the recent examinations at that level. We have also been able to check absenteeism in the classroom. So, the programme has been very impactful,” she said.

    Kora appreciated the Governor for creating an enabling environment for the programme to thrive and how it also benefits the people at the grassroots, saying such development is in fulfillment of his campaign promises.

    Adaramaja said the programme has recorded a lot of successes in terms of teachers’ attendance, content delivery, and the use of technology in driving the education system in the state.

    “Today, we are here to x-tray the gains of KwaraLEARN after two years of its adoption in the state. It is so far, so good,” he said.

    Adaramaja said the retreat afforded the opportunity to identify some areas that needed further improvements.

  • KwaraLEARN: AbdulRazaq’s education transformation legacy expands to all govt primary schools in Kwara

    KwaraLEARN: AbdulRazaq’s education transformation legacy expands to all govt primary schools in Kwara

    • 3,595 teachers, headteachers from six local government areas to be trained in January 2024
    • 80,000 additional pupils to benefit from KwaraLEARN reform

    Over 80,000 additional pupils from six local government areas – Edu, Ifelodun, Isin, Kaiama, Moro, and Oyun in Kwara State are set to benefit as their teachers undergo KwaraLEARN (Kwara Leading Education Achievement and Reform Now) Induction Training.

    The first wave of training which is being conducted for 1,762 teachers and headteachers drawn from 565 government primary schools is part of the expansion plan for KwaraLEARN, a basic education reform programme that is already revolutionizing teaching and learning in 872 primary schools across the state.

    A total of 3,595 teachers are expected to complete their KwaraLEARN Induction training this month.

    This expansion to the six additional local government areas will see the programme reaching every public primary school in Kwara, catering to over 200,000 pupils.

    KwaraLEARN was launched by Governor AbdulRahman AbdulRazaq in direct response to the decline in pupil performance and poor learning outcomes in government primary schools. The reform has been transforming literacy, numeracy and overall performance of pupils in schools where it has been implemented.

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    “What we are set to achieve with the ongoing training is a basic education ecosystem that is agile, technology driven and better focused on improving performance for children, irrespective of their socioeconomic backgrounds or locations,” Hajia Sa’adatu Modibbo-Kawu, the Commissioner for Education said on the first day of the training.

    Read Also: Pupils lauds Gov AbdulRazaq’s visionary KwaraLEARN education transformation program

    “Governor AbdulRahman AbdulRazaq believes that delivery of quality education is a strategy that can be used to fight poverty and build a greater Kwara, not just today but in the future,” she added.

    Also speaking at the training venue, the Chairman of Kwara State Universal Basic Education Board (Kwara SUBEB), Professor Raheem Adaramaja noted that, “our governor has taken steps to put the next generation of Kwarans on the path of educational excellence through KwaraLEARN. This will lead to greater development of our state.”

    Trainees expressed their optimism on the improvement that will follow when they return to school. Itunuoluwa Esorun, a teacher from Muslim Community LGEA School, Oke-Onigbin expressed her excitement to be part of the process, while “thanking Governor AbdulRazaq for KwaraLEARN.”

    Abubakar Ahamad, a teacher from Community Primary School Jubilee, Ifelodun local government area noted that, “this is a shift from the kind of training we have attended in the past. We are hopeful that upon return to our schools, our pupils will benefit 100%.”

    Governor AbdulRazaq has created a legacy in basic education by implementing a far-reaching reform programme that has not only improved the overall performances of pupils but also the administration of government primary schools.