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Abdullahi Ganduje, governor of Kano state, has commenced the disbursement of N148 million grants to 1,400 public secondary schools across the state.

According to NAN, the governor disclosed this in Kano on Tuesday during the activities marking the state’s education day.

He said the grants will enhance the free education and almajiri integration policy of the state, adding that the policy will not be achieved without adequate funding.

“We are providing cheques to schools for daily maintenance. We are providing tablet computers to education officers across the 44 LGAs for data generation, analysis management and transferred of data such as enrollment, discipline among others to the headquarters without physical appearance,” he said.

“Outside Koranic recitation and Western education, the almajiri are being thought various Skills so that they can also fend for themselves after graduation.”

Kano state has since 2019 introduced free and compulsory education from primary to senior secondary school levels as well as integration of the almajiri system into modern educational system.

Ganduje said to sustain funding of the policy and other education programmes, the state has not defaulted in the Universal Basic Education Commission (UBEC) counterpart funding under the Nigerian government.

He also commended President Muhammadu Buhari for ensuring consistent and prompt payments to the state.

“Kano State is up to date down to 2021 in the payment for counterpart funding,” he said.

“The excess we paid in 2020 is even being rolled over to 2021 and we thank President Buhari for always ensuring that funds are released to us in time.”