Katsina State Governor, Dikko Radda, has pledged support for the renovation of Ahmadu Bello University’s (ABU) Central Chemistry Laboratory in memory of the late President Umaru Musa Yar’Adua. Radda gave the assurance while receiving a delegation from the university led by Vice-Chancellor, Professor Adamu Ahmed, at the Government House in Katsina. The governor, an ABU
The Executive Chairman of the Katsina State Universal Basic Education Board (SUBEB), Dr Kabir Gafiya, has stated that the state is deploying 20,000 digital tablets as part of its efforts to combat learning poverty and modernise education delivery. In an interview with PUNCH, Gafiya explained that insecurity has disrupted schooling in many communities across the
Katsina State Governor Dikko Umaru Radda convened a high-level stakeholders’ meeting on Monday to reform the Almajiri and Islamiyya education systems. Held at the Local Government Service Commission Conference Hall in Katsina, the one-day dialogue brought together scholars, community leaders, teachers, civil society representatives, and policymakers to design sustainable solutions for Qur’anic and Islamic education.
The Katsina State Government has withdrawn the operating licenses of all private and community schools, effective August 13, 2025, as part of efforts to improve education quality. The announcement was made by the Ministry of Basic and Secondary Education, signed by Commissioner Hajiya Zainab Musa-Musawa, and shared by the ministry’s Public Relations Officer, Malam Sani
Pupils at LGEA Primary School, Unguwar Dantale, in Danja Local Government Area of Katsina State are studying in unsafe conditions as the only school in the community has fallen into disrepair, according to a civic accountability group. MonITNG said all six classrooms at the school are dilapidated, with cracked walls and roofs damaged by windstorms,
Katsina State has conducted entrance examinations for its newly established model secondary schools, as part of efforts to improve education in the region. A total of 2,172 students from the state’s 34 local government areas took the competitive examination, vying for one of 996 places at the schools in Radda, Jikamshi, and Dumurkul. The examinations
A heavy rainfall that hit the Funtua Local Government Area of Katsina State recently has damaged several school buildings and staff quarters, according to the Katsina State Ministry of Basic and Secondary Education. The Ministry’s Public Relations Officer, Sani Danjuma Suleiman, disclosed this in a statement on Monday. He stated that the storm impacted educational
