……As the State Signs MoU With AFAN On Students Agricultural Programmes
By Balarabe Abdullahi Kiru
Kano State Ministry of Education has organized an intensive Wood Work Technology Practical Programme to some Students of Secondary Schools aimed at enhancing their skills on entrepreneurship.
The Students who were came from Government Secondary School Gwale and Rumfa College, received practical training on how to make Wood Chairs from the trees planted within the premises of Kano Education Resource Department (KERD).
Supervising the Programme, the State Commissioner of Education Alhaji Umar Haruna Doguwa explained that the training is in line with the present administration’s policies of strengthening the education sector through live skills acquisition programme to make students in the state more productive and self reliance.
Umar Doguwa disclosed that currently,plans are underway by the administration of Alhaji Abba Kabir Yusuf to establish 3 technical workshops each at technical colleges across the state as part of its commitment to promote entrepreneurship and skills acquisition programme at the grass roots.
” It is obvious that no society can become self-sufficient unless that society can provide all it’s basic needs. At the inception of this administration, we realized that most of our technical colleges do not have workshops for students practical and that necessitated the need for the establishment of 3 technical workshops at each of the technical colleges.
” The whole aim is to see that a student of technical college can practically applies what he is being taught in class. As you can see, these students are now very proud that they made up these chairs by themselves. The government’s plan therefore is to make sure that these students can make all the furnitures needed for our schools ” Doguwa explained.
Alhaji Umar Doguwa added that government would establish technical college of education with a view of providing advanced technical education for all technical teachers across the state.
While presenting certificate of attendance to the graduating students, Commissioner Doguwa urged them to make the best use of what they had learnt during the programme for their own benefit and the benefit of state at large.
During the supervision, Kano State Ministry of Education has also signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) with All Farmers Association of Nigeria (AFAN) on the Management of Aqua-Culrural, Animal Husbandry and Gardening Facilitates for education purposes to promote skills and entrepreneurship among students in the state.
Speaking shortly after signing the MoU at the conference hall of Kano Educational Resource Department (KERD), Kano State Commissioner of Education Alhaji Umar Haruna Doguwa explained that the effort was part of the present administration’s commitment to provide practical knowledge to secondary schools students on agriculture-related programmes.
Doguwa described the agreement as very timely considering the dear need of introducing farming programmes to schools to encourage students on new modern techniques of agricultural practices.
The National President All Farmers Association of Nigeria (AFAN) Dr. Farouk Rabi’u Mudi said the association had come up with idea of partnering the ministry as part of its effort to promote agricultural activities among students.
He stressed that Kano being one of the leading state in terms of agricultural production, the association deems it imperative to commence the programme in the state so as to boost the students moral on the profession.
Dr. Farouk explained that…. ” it is part of AFAN cardinal agenda to see that youth embrace Farming and Animal Husbandry at the time they are pursuing their studies because it is at that period they have the talent to perform better “.
Earlier, the Director Kano Educational Resource Department Hajiya Rabi Inuwa Hussain commended Governor Abba Kabir Yusuf for resuscitating the department by bringing back all the training programmes which were hitherto organized to boost students knowledge on Entrepreneurship.
She said with coming of the present administration, the department is now back to functioning, noting that new working facilities were provided to achieve higher productivity.
Balarabe Abdullahi Kiru
Director Public Enlightenment
Ministry of Education, Kano State
15th May, 2024
