By: Mukhtar Yahaya Shehu
The Kano State Government in collaboration witn Partnership For Learning For All in Nigeria (PLANE) has commenced 5-day workshop to develop 2026-2028 Medium-Term Sector Strategy (MTSS) aimed at enhancing quality education.
Declaring the workshop open the State Commissioner of Education Dr. Ali Haruna Makoda said the Workshop was very crucial in articulating the education sector’s key objectives, addressing its critical challenges and prioritizing actionable interventions over the next three years.
Dr. Ali Makoda represented by the Permanent Secretary of the Ministry Alhaji Bashir Baffa Muhammed disclosed that by developing the Medium -Term Sector Strategy Plan, the government will be able to streamline due process of spending fund as budgeted for implementation of education infrastructure.
“Considering the plan by Kano State Government to revitalize the education sector, this workshop is very important and essential. It makes us to understand the procedure on how this fund can be accessed and spent judiciously ” he stated.
Ali Makoda highlighted that the administration of Alhaji Abba Kabir Yusuf had come out with so many development projects on education that need strategic implementation to achieve better results.
According to the Commissioner, Kano State budgeted 31.5% of its 2025 budget which required for a strategic plan and implementation of due process to achieve quality education in the state.
In a statement signed by Director public enlightenment state ministry for education Balarabe Abdullahi Kiru Dr. Makoda who described the workshop as timely and educative, urged the participants to implement what they would learn for the betterment of the state education sector.
The Technical Adviser to the Governor on Education Reforms Haladu Mohammed explained that at the end of the workshop, a very good foundation of 3 year education plan would be created to meet the yearnings and aspirations of people in the state.
” This activity is meant to revive where we are in education, where we want to be and what we have available to achieve what we want to achieve. It is very foundational as it will set the state of for how education is going to be transformed in Kano.
In a separate goodwill message, the Chairman Kano State Accountability Forum On Education (K-SAFE) Dr. Auwalu Halilu, the Chairman School-Based Management Committee (SBMC) Tijjani Halladu Baraya and representatives from Kano State Ministry of Planning and Budget, Ministry of Finance and Plan International described the strategic as shared responsibility to build a resilient, inclusive, and high-quality education system that leaves no learner behind.
Participants of the workshop were drawn from the Kano State Ministry of Education, Budget and Planning, Finance, Development Partners, and Civil Society Organizations.
This initiative demonstrates the Kano State Government’s commitment to improving the education sector, aligning with its recent efforts to enhance education quality.
