Kaduna State Universal Basic Education Board (KADSUBEB) has disbursed N388 million to 2,121 schools, to enable them undertake minor repairs, out of the N400 million that the Universal Basic Education Commission (UBEC) has given the state government.
Speaking at the ceremony where cheques were disbursed to benefiting schools, the Executive Chairman of KADSUBEB, Malam Tijjani Abdullahi, said that the fund is part of the for Better Education Service Delivery for All (BESDA) programme.
Mr Abdullahi who advised School-Based Management Committees (SBMCs) to utilize them prudently, disclosed that the federal Ministry of Education and UBEC selected the benefitting schools after conducting a survey in 2021.
“Sometimes last year, they did a survey of our schools and it has been confirmed that we have functional School-Based Management Committees. So, based on that they allocated about N400 million to schools that need assistance.
“As of today, I signed payment to all the schools, totaling N388, 155, 726. So each school will receive N183, 000. We expect that the SBMCs will utilize this money and undertake minor repairs in schools,’’ he added.
He said BESDA was conceived by the federal government in order to return the over 10.3 million out of school children, according to UNICEF statistics, back to school.
The ES said the state has been benefitting from the grant, adding that it initially ‘’received advances from UBEC and we started sensitization, community mobilization to get children registered in schools. Subsequently, based on our performance, UBEC released money to us and Kaduna state got a total of about $20 million.”
