- Splits education ministry
From Agaju Madugba, Katsina
Katsina State Governor Dikko Umaru Radda has condemned the use of Hausa as the language of instruction in some of the schools in the state.
He described the development as embarrassing and unfortunate.
Radda spoke on Tuesday when he received the management staff of Umaru Musa Yar’Adua University (UMYU), led by its Vice Chancellor, Prof. Shehu Salihu Mohammed, a courtesy visit at the Government House.
According to Radda, “I am saddened by the report that some lecturers across Katsina’s Colleges of Education are using our local Hausa language to teach their students.
“This truly is unfortunate and embarrassing.
“We shall henceforth not condone this.
“As a responsible government, we are more than committed to ensuring that all Katsina tertiary institutions produce quality graduates who can compete globally with their peers from other parts of the world.”
The Governor announced the splitting of the Ministry of Education into two.
The new ministries are the Ministry of Higher Education, Technical and Vocational, and the Ministry of Basic and Secondary Education.
He explained that splitting the Education Ministry is intended to make smooth and effective the delivery of productive knowledge at the higher institutions in the state.
According to him, “The measure is in the realisation of the importance of higher institutions of learning and the volume of activities going on now at the Ministry of Education.
The Governor noted that the UMYU “started on a strong foundation,” and urged the university management to work towards “restoring the glory of the school by recruiting the best of hands as lecturers and other staff.”
Earlier, the UMYU Vice Chancellor told the Governor that four courses earlier introduced at school are still awaiting accreditations, adding that 17 more academic programmes will soon be introduced.