The Jigawa State Universal Basic Education Board (SUBEB) on Tuesday said it had concluded arrangements to rehabilitate 10 schools in Malammadori Local Government Area of the state.
Malam Mukhtar Mukaddari, the Education Secretary in the area, told newsmen in Malammadori that the board would renovate and construct additional classroom blocks in the selected schools.
Mukaddari said the project would be executed in both primary and post-basic schools under the 2014/2015 SUBEB project.
He listed the benefitting schools to include Chac-Chanda, Baguwa, Shayya, Dakindo and Kampala.
“Work on the project will soon commence in the selected schools. Also, more schools will be rehabilitated in the subsequent projects,” he said.
The education secretary said that the Board had initiated various programmes to rehabilitate dilapidated schools, provide furniture and instructional materials as well as promote teacher training.
He called on the people of the area to protect school facilities provided by the government in their respective communities.
(NAN)
