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...For a better society... Monday, September 13 2004 Vol 17 No.30 News Editorial Opinion Labour Politics Sports Features Columnists Business Money/Market Energy Alaba Market Foreign News Discriminatory school fees worry non-indigenes in Zamfara State MUHAMMED KABIR, Kano NON-indigenes feeling uncomfortable with the different school fees introduced by Zamfara State government have been advised to take their case to the National Assembly. This is coming as criticism continue to trail the discriminatory policy announced by the Governor Ahmed Sani administration recently. Speaking with newsmen in Kano, Director of National Teachers’ Institute (NTI), Dr. Ahmed Maddibo Muhammed called on aggrieved persons to take up the matter with National Assembly as it is government’s responsibility to shoulder the cost of education. "If Zamfara State government feels it could no longer shoulder the responsibility of providing education to people in the state, aggrieved persons can resort to legal redress or go to the National Assembly. But education should be regarded as a sacrosanct which requires full attention," Dr. Muhammed said. The NTI boss debunked claims that educational facilities in the North are in state of decay saying the problem should not be limited to the region as it is a national malaise. He, however, noted that the educational sector has witnessed great improvement following introduction of Universal Basic Education (UBE) programme by government. "The fact remains that even if you give everything to the educational sector, it will still require more because the sector suffered long time neglect in the hands of successive governments and required general overhauling," he noted. Answering questions on activities of the NTI, Dr. Muhammed said the institute has strived over the years towards realising its dreams by establishing six zonal offices across the country. He explained that about 94,000 course book have been distributed to the zone since January this year. A breakdown of the figure according to him comprised 9,000 National Certificate of Education (NCE) and 12,000 Teachers Grade Two (TCII) course books delivered to the Kano zone of the NTI. � 2004 @ Champion Newspapers Limited (All Right Reserved). Powered By dnetsystems.net dnet�

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