NINE states of the federation are set to benefit from a N19billion investment from the Islamic Development Bank through the Bilingual Education Project (BEP).
This was disclosed by the President of the group, Dr. Ahmad Mohammed Ali, yesterday, when he led other executives of the bank to host the Emir of Kano, Muhammad Sanusi at the organisation’s headquarters in Jeddah.
Eight states in the North and one in the West have been listed as beneficiaries. They are: Adamawa, Borno, Gombe, Kaduna, Kano, Kwara, Nasarawa, Niger and Osun states.
“This project was successful in Niger and Chad republics where the Madrasa and Quranic schools were worked upon in such a way that it facilitated the graduates of the schools to enroll in public schools.
“ The establishment of this programme will help Nigeria overcome some of its education challenges like illiteracy and also to enable those that learned in the Madrasa to be integrated into public schools,” Ali said.
He noted that the board of the bank has since approved the investment and that the final approval lies with the appropriate authorities in Nigeria.
Meanwhile, a human rights group, Hujjajis Rights Independent Monitoring Foundation (HURIMF) has threatened to institute legal action to protest the poor services rendered to Nigerian pilgrims during this year’s Hajj operations.
Source:The sun
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