Kwara Reacts As Buhari Adopts Saraki’s Education Model

The Kwara Government has commended the President Muhmmadu Buhari government for its adoption of “Every Child Counts”.

The “Every Child Counts” is an education model introduced 10 years ago by the administration of former Governor, Bukola Saraki, and scaled up by the current administration of Alhaji Abdulfatah Ahmed.

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Vice President Yemi Osinbajo had last Tuesday announced that the Federal Government’s new education policy will be named “Every Child Counts”.

The state government, in a statement by Governor Ahmed’s Senior Special Assistant on Media and Communication, Dr Muyideen Akorede, it also urged other states to emulate the Federal Government and adopt other successful reforms introduced by the state government.

“The Kwara State Government commends the Federal Government for its adoption of the “Every Child Counts” Education model.

“Introduced in Kwara State 10 years ago by the Kwara State Government under the administration of Dr Bukola Saraki.

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“Global acclaim, ‘Every Child Counts’ was driven by the state government’s recognition of quality education as the bedrock of development and a tested pathway out of poverty.

“To that end, ‘Every Child Counts’ expanded access to quality education through improved teacher education, repositioning of Colleges of Education to enhance teaching quality.

“An experiential rather than instructional teaching at basic education level as well as setting and enforcing quality standards in public and private schools” The statement said.

The successor administration of Gov. Abdulfatah Ahmed has since up scaled “Every Child Counts” by abolishing tuition fees in Senior Secondary Schools.

He said pre-tertiary education was free in the state, improving school infrastructure, prioritising Science and Technology, and establishing the International Vocational Technical and Entrepreneurial College, IVTEC, Ajase Ipo.

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While commending the Federal Government for adopting our “Every Child Counts” model, he urged other states to emulate them by adopting other cutting-edge reforms of the Kwara State Government such, as State Health Insurance, IGR reforms and the Kwara State Infrastructure Development Fund (IFK) among others.

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