Katsina State government says it will receive World Bank’s additional N2.25 billion support under the Better Education Service Delivery For All (BESDA) project.

Aminu Badaru, the spokesman, Katsina State Universal Basic Education Board (SUBEB), disclosed this in a statement on Sunday in Katsina.

According to him, the executive chairman of SUBEB, Lawal Buhari-Daura, said this at a three-day capacity-building workshop for Education Management Information System (EMIS) and Statistician Officers.

He said the workshop was organised by the World Bank-supported project in collaboration with the Katsina SUBEB holding in Kano State.

“Sequel to the report of the independent Verification Agency Submitted to the BESDA National Coordinating support team, Katsina remains eligible for additional funds for the project.

“The Funds will be used to focus on the increase in access to Basic Education across the state.” Mr Badaru quoted the SUBEB chairman as saying.

He, therefore, called on the participants to remain steadfast and attentive to use the knowledge acquired in their respective areas accurately.

According to Mr Badaru, the director, Planning Research and Statistics of SUBEB, Lawal Kofar-Sauri, revealed that 73 EMIS and statistician officers were drawn from the 34 local government areas and SUBEB for the training.

He added that the director noted that the BESDA result area three had already provided laptops and tablets to the EMIS and statisticians for accurate data collection and analysis.

Mr Badaru added that the director hinted that the BESDA project had also provided tablets for digital attendance and annual school census across primary schools in the state. 

(NAN)