Soludo Seeks Partnership With FG On Education… 

Governor Chukwuma Soludo has reiterated his promise to rebuild public school infrastructure and providing access to qualitative education for the children of the poor.

Governor Soludo, who made the call during a courtesy visit on the Minister of Education Professor Tahir Mamman, in Abuja called for a strategic partnership with the Federal Ministry of Education towards the betterment of education in the state.

The Governor said the aim of his visit was to seek the Ministry’s partnership in progress to achieve the goal four of the UN Sustainable Development Goals, SDGs. 

According to him, the federal government is a very critical player in the field of education, as according to him, education is on the concurrent list and his administration has mapped out ways to offer every Anambra child equal opportunity to succeed.

The Governor said the weakest in the four chains of education in the state is the public school hence his administration is focused on lifting the system of public schools to become the model that others will look up to and where children of the poor will have equal access for success

He disclosed that the next batch of recruited three thousand teachers will be specifically posted to public schools as his administration is ending the era of PTA teachers.

Responding, the Minister of Education Professor Tahir Mamman, indicated the interest of the Ministry in the partnership pointing out that if other state governors will emulate the government of Anambra in repositioning the educational sector of the nation, Nigeria would have been a better place. 

He applauded the Governor for his numerous social inclusions especially in the aspect of education which include massive employment of teachers, declaration of free education, youth empowerment and free skills acquisition programmes and assured him of the ministry’s collaboration in every way possible.

Professor Mamman, said, they will continue to provide policies that would ensure no state is left behind and no child is out of school.