Kwara Govt distributes textbooks, sports kits to basic schools

The Kwara State Governor AbdulRahman AbdulRazaq, has flagged off the distribution of instructional materials and sports kits to pupils of public basic schools across the 16 local governments of the state Instinct Newspaper gathered.

Governor AbdulRazaq said the gesture was part of his administration’s plan to enhance educational standards, and reduce the burden on pupils/students’ parents amid economic reality in the country.

This flag-off ceremony for the distribution of both instructional materials and sports kits procured from UBEC/KWSUBEB interventions of 2018 and 2019 matching grants is of great significance to the upliftment of basic education in the state, It reduces the burden on pupils/students’ parents, Instinct Newspaper gathered.

Similarly, the  administration is working assiduously at ensuring effective teaching and learning of physical education and other subjects in our schools through prompt payment of salary, implementation of promotions, payment of palliative and provision of instructional materials which in turn breeds a conducive teaching\learning atmosphere in our schools.

The programme was also aimed at repositioning basic education in the area of sporting activities, and to provide pupils/students with good and sound health.

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I am here for the support from TETFund for Osun State and to ask for more because we still need a lot of support as our Earlier, the chairman of Kwara State Basic Education Board(SUBEB), Prof Shehu Adaramaja, had said that Governor AbdulRazaq has been doing so much to reposition the education sector, including the procurement of multi- million naira textbooks and sports kits that he said are meant to make the students physically and mentally fit.

Adaramaja also praised the federal government through UBEC, relevant stakeholders for playing outstanding roles that culminated into the successes of the state government in the sector, Instinct Newspaper gathered.