Katsina State Government in collaboration with the World Bank have concluded plans to spend over N80 billion on construction and rehabilitation of some selected secondary schools in the state.

Governor Umaru Radda disclosed this on Monday 15th while launching the disbursement of 3rd phase of the Adolescent Girls Initiative Learning and Empowerment (AGILE) school improvement grant at Rimi local government area.

The governor said the funds totaling N8.4 will be utilised to improve about 100 selected secondary schools in the state, adding that the funds will be disbursed to the School-Based Management Committees (SBMC) of the selected secondary schools across the state.

Radda, in a statement issued by the state’s Commissioner for Information and Culture, Dr. Bala Salisu Zango, charged the SBMCs to properly utilise the funds for the purpose for which it was meant and cautioned against actions that can cause the state to lose future opportunities.

Earlier in her address, the state’s Commissioner of Basic and Secondary Education, Hajiya Hadiza Abubakar Yar’adua, highlighted the commitment of the administration in providing qualitative education to citizens of the state.

She commended Radda for the training of 10,000 teachers in a bid to improve their capacity and professionalism, reiterating also plan to review the school curriculum to meet international standards and the needs of students.

The state’s AGILE Coordinator, Dr Mustapha Shehu, explained that out of ₦8.4 billion, secondary schools in Rimi, Charanchi, and Batagarawa local government areas would benefit ₦677 million for schools’ improvement.

Shehu further explained that beside infrastructural development, the AGILE initiative also supports vulnerable children in the state.