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Kano State Government Introduced Summer Camp Scheme For Child Pupils



In its efforts to promote girl child education Kano State Government has introduced summer camp scheme for girls pupils. This was made known by the Deputy Governor and commissioner education Prof. Hafiz Abubakar while inspecting the programme at Kanti Primary School in Bichi. He said the programme etails giving special training to girl pupils during holidays in order enhance their learning capacity. Prof Abubakar who lamented the backwardness of the state in female education expressed Gov Abdullahi Umar Ganduje administration's determination to reverse the situation. He said a situation where girls education is terminated from Primary or secondary levels need to be changed in view of societal need for female medical doctors, teachers and other professionals He charged parents and other stakeholders to rise to the challenges and support girls to pursue education at all levels. The Deputy Governor stated the Summer Camp programme is jointly being undertaken by Kano State Government and Educational Support Programme in Nigeria of British Government. Earlier the chairman of Bichi Local Government Alhaji Sani Mukaddas noted that the programme will go a long in bridging the gap between boys and girl education . Usman Bello Director Press to Deputy Governor Kano State
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