Zamfara to spend billions on education sector

The Sun

The Zamfara State Government has taken a bold step to lift the education sector, with a budget running into billions of naira.

Details of the budget and allocation are as follows:

I. Allocation to administrative unit

1. Ministry of Education, Science and Technology — ₦47.39 billion

2. Senior Secondary Schools Management Board — ₦4.38 billion

3. Teachers Service Board — ₦3.72 billion

4. Scholarship Board — ₦3.19 billion

5. Arabic and Islamic Education Board — ₦1.60 billion

6. Abdu Gusau Polytechnic, Talata Mafara — ₦1.13 billion

7. Zamfara State University, Talata Mafara — ₦1.07 billion

8. College of Education, Maru — ₦886 million

9. Zamfara College of Arts and Science (ZACAS), Gusau — ₦741 million

10. State Universal Basic Education Board — ₦631 million

11. Agency for Mass Education Board — ₦310 million

12. Agency for Nomadic Education — ₦146 million

13. Quality Assurance Authority — ₦124 million

14. Library Board — ₦49 million

II. Rehabilitation and renovation projects

1. Remodelling of Bafarawa Institute, Shinkafi — ₦1.5 billion

2. Rehabilitation of GGSS Tsafe, Science Gusau, Science Bakura, Science Bukkuyum, Agwaragi T/Mafara, GSS B/Magaji, GDSS Yanbuki and GSS Kaura — ₦1 billion

3. Rehabilitation of all secondary school structures across the state — ₦500 million

4. ZSUBEB: Renovation of primary schools in Rugar Kaya Bela, Sankalawa, Gulubba and Tofa — ₦400 million

5. ZSUBEB: Renovation of Smart Primary School, Gusau — ₦320 million

6. Renovation of three zonal nomadic primary schools — ₦150 million

III. Acquisition of furniture, equipment and ICT

1. Purchase of school furniture for senior secondary schools across the state — ₦1 billion

2. ZSUBEB: Purchase of furniture for primary and junior secondary schools — ₦600 million

3. Procurement of vocational skills materials for three entrepreneur schools — ₦200 million

4. Procurement of equipment for Abdu Gusau Polytechnic, Talata Mafara, to meet accreditation requirements — ₦150 million

5. Purchase of laboratory/workshop equipment for four institutions — ₦100 million

6. Supply of VSAT, projectors, cameras, photocopiers, printers, computers, etc. to quarters and offices — ₦100 million

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7. Purchase of 86 TAP A tablets — ₦30 million

IV. Education management, quality assurance and systems

1. IsDB SmartEd-supported projects in areas of infrastructure, learning materials and access to quality education — ₦2 billion

2. Construction of office buildings for the Education Quality Assurance Agency — ₦200 million

3. Upgrading of Education Management Information System (EMIS) — ₦100 million

4. Purchase of three photocopy machines and projectors — ₦20 million

V. Education infrastructure development

1. Construction of additional structures at Zamfara State University, Talata Mafara — ₦2 billion

2. ZSUBEB: Establishment of mega primary schools — one in each of the four educational zones in the state — ₦500 million

3. Construction of additional structures at College of Education, Maru — ₦400 million

4. Construction of additional structures at ZACAS — ₦300 million

5. Construction of 7km road at Abdu Gusau Polytechnic, Talata Mafara — ₦200 million

6. Construction of laboratories/workshops for senior secondary schools — ₦200 million

VI. Girl-child, inclusive and social support programmes

1. Adolescent Girls Initiative for Learning and Empowerment (AGILE) — ₦150 million

2. Matching grant to Early Child Care Development (ECCD), a UNICEF-supported programme — ₦300 million

3. State contribution to the At-Risk Children Project (ARC-P) starter packs — ₦300 million

4. Purchase of inclusive learning materials, e.g., hearing aids, projectors, screens, etc. — ₦150 million

VII. Learning materials and instructional resources

1. Supply of instructional materials to primary schools across the state — ₦1 billion

2. ZSUBEB and UNICEF (SILSA) project for student entrepreneurship — ₦1 billion

3. Purchase of 7,113 subject textbooks for secondary schools in the state — ₦500 million

4. Procurement of basic education materials for 14 LGAs — ₦200 million

5. Procurement of equipment for science and technical education — ₦200 million

VIII. Teacher capacity building and special interventions

1. Emergency Response Fund on Education — ₦20 billion

2. Teacher Professional Development Funds — ₦400 million

3. Five-day training of 50 food and nutrition teachers and 100 food vendors — ₦40 million

4. Purchase of 20 Boxer motorcycles for nomadic education — ₦30 million

5. Training of agricultural science teachers on school farms, gardens and orchards — ₦30 million

IX. Health, nutrition and welfare in schools

1. Reactivation of 15 existing school gardens and creation of 15 new ones in four educational zones — ₦150 million

2. Purchase of kitchen utensils for senior and junior secondary schools — ₦150 million

3. State government contribution to Primary Pupils National Health Insurance Scheme (NHIS) — ₦100 million