Engineer Abdullahi A. Sule came into the office of Governor on May 29th 2019 with a burning desire on his mind: “WHAT IS THE STATE OF BASIC AND SECONDARY EDUCATION TODAY IN NASARAWA STATE”
Engineer Abdullahi A. Sule engaged the Faculty of Social Sciences in the Federal University of Lafia to conduct a baseline survey that will reveal the real status of schools in Nasarawa State.
The Research Team was led by: Prof. Mohammed Isa Kida, who was supported by a topnotch team which included Dr. Ikoh Moses, Dr. Joseph Okwori, Dr. George Genyi, Dr. Ilemona Adofu, Dr. David Ugal and the state-wide survey held from December, 2019 to March, 2020 and covered 1,350 Primary and 413 Secondary Schools located in urban and rural areas throughout Nasarawa State.
The A.A. Sule Baseline Survey in Education covered 1,350 Government owned Primary and Secondary Schools in Nasarawa State and found out that the total pupil enrollment in Primary Schools was 307,912, out of this figure, 54% were males, while 46% were females, with a gender parity of 0.86. The survey also revealed that 90% of the schools have no fence while 98% of the schools have no security guards, among other startling revelations.
The survey covered 413 Secondary Schools of which 29 are Boarding Schools, 92 Junior and 321 Senior Secondary Schools, where 76% are rural based and 24% urban based, whereupon the survey gathered that there are 3,026 classrooms in the surveyed schools, out of which 98% are either not usable or need major repairs, yet accommodates students with average number of 50 even in dilapidated classes. The 2% that are in good shape are scantly distributed across all the LGAs, while 89% of the classes in all the schools surveyed had inadequate seats.
Armed with these scary, facts, Engineer Abdullahi A. Sule set to work and for THREE YEARS running from May 2019 to May 2022, Engr Sule has been hard at work revamping the fortunes of education in Nasarawa State.
In the last THREE YEARS, Engr. A.A. Sule has neither, swayed, stumbled or wavered from surmounting the uphill challenges in the education sector of Nasarawa State, by exhibiting singular focus, discipline and unwavering commitment.
BUDGET: As his first fundamental step towards rescuing education in Nasarawa State, Governor Abdullahi A. Sule allocated 26% to the education sector in the very first budget of his administration i.e., “in the 2019-2020 budget to send a strong signal that Engineer Sule was serious about revamping education in Nasarawa State.
FORMALIZATION OF APPOINTMENT OF TEACHERS: The Governor also approved the immediate formalization of the appointment of the two thousand, two hundred and fifty (2,250) engaged teachers.
PAYMENT OF BACKLOG OF BURSARY AND SCHOLARSHIP GRANTS: The government of Engineer Abdullahi A. Sule has also settled the backlog of scholarship to students of Nasarawa State indigenes studying in tertiary institutions from 2016 amounting to 93.5 cover for the scholarship of Nasarawa State Indigenes from 2014, 2015, 2016, 2017, to 2018, 2019 and 2020!
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