Despite agitations and strong resistance from old students associstion, parents and school management committees, the minister of education, Tunji Alausa has reaffirmrd government’s commitment to the federal government college, FGC Kano Land Swap initiative, insisting the partnerships will drive better infrastructure and improve learning.
In the last three years, students of the college have also joined protest by old students association and parents over encroachment in the schools gazzetted property by private estate and business development agents.
The latest is the partnership the federal government has entered, to utilise part of the school’s land for an innovative hub.
The development is not peculiar to FGC Kano as several unity schools established in the 1970s are faced with similar predicament.
During an inspection of key education projects in kano, Education minister, Tunji Alausa highlighted Federal Government’s drive to strengthen digital learning, expand access and deepen collaboration with Kano State Government.
The minister stressed that the implementation of President Bola Tinubu’s Renewed Hope Agenda for Education in Kano State with the commissioning of an upgraded digital e-library at FGC Kano and the expansion of bilingual schools to tackle the challenge of out-of-school children, reaffirms the commitment to innovative partnerships that will strengthen learning infrastructure and improve educational outcomes across the country.
The minister who was accompanied by the Minister of State for Education, Professor Suwaiba Sa’id Ahmad, the Executive Secretary of UBEC and the Executive Secretary of the Nigerian Educational Research and Development Council among other officials, disclosed that preparations are equally underway to commence academic activities in a third bilingual school at the beginning of the 2026 academic session, while a fourth is expected to become operational by June 2027.
He described the bilingual school initiative as one of the Federal Government’s most impactful responses to the out-of-school children challenge, explaining that the schools are designed to integrate Almajiri and other vulnerable children into formal education .
(Editor: Anoyoyo Ogiagboviogie)
