Governor Aminu Tambuwal is working tirelessly to improve the education sector in Sokoto.Governor Tambuwal will embark on the building of special estates, known as teachers’ villages, in various districts across the state as from next year.

Also,he plans to motivate teachers posted in rural areas in Sokoto with monetary and other incentives so that they can give their best for the development of education in Sokoto.He revealed this during his meeting with former President Shehu Shagari in Sokoto Wednesday.He assured Shehu Shagari that the government is taking issue of teacher training seriously because it is paramount in the success of his education policy.



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“Any teacher that fails to meet our requirement will be re-posted to other parts of the public service where his competence will be more needed. Let me make it clear that we will not sack any teacher from government service. 

But where he fails to meet the expectation in our schools, we will have other areas where his service will be needed and we will send the person there accordingly".

Speaking at the meeting,Shagari promised to assist the government to meet its target in the educational sector.According to him,many students have been offered scholarship and many projects aimed at empowering youths executed through Sokoto Education Trust Fund, which he heads.Some of the projects are provision of special funding to Sokoto indigenes who are studying medicine, veterinary medicine and pharmacy, training of both western styled and Quranic school teachers, operation of skills acquisition centres in various parts of the state and computer training.He also presented education brochures prepared by the Sokoto Education Trust Fund to Governor Aminu Waziri Tambuwal.

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