Katsina requires 13,000 teachers to boost education

ABOUT 13,000 teachers are needed by Katsina State government to meet its basic requirements for its primary and secondary schools.
Governor Masari while speaking shortly after inspecting renovation work at Government Science Secondary School Batagarawa, said the shortages were being addressed, and that approval had already been given for the recruitment of 1,900 teachers mainly for science subjects.
He disclosed that efforts were on to provide furniture and create conducive atmosphere for teaching, and learning in public schools, as it was the intention of the current APC administration to have 50 students per class in schools across the state, saying we are poised to restore glory in the sector
Meanwhile, the state government is to establish a Green Economic Zone that would host its proposed industrial park to boost economic base of the state.
Governor Aminu Masari disclosed this when he received the Belarus Ambassador to Nigeria, Mr. Viatche Vasilievich Bezeosti, when he led a delegation of Minks Tractor Company to donate five tractors and accessories to the Katsina State Government.
He said the Industrial Park which would be along Jibia road would serve as route to several West African countries, adding that “we are committed to boosting our economic base by diversifying”.
Masari said, Katsina was an agrarian state with huge agricultural potentials, saying that “We welcome your collaboration and urge you to key into industrial park to plan and boost farming and other agro-allied businesses.
“For us in Katsina there is no other option but to return to agriculture for the needed development” he said.
Earlier Amb. Bezeosti had said they have observed the state’s potentials and chose to look at areas of collaborations