The Kano State Ministry of Education has commenced its three-day 10th meeting of the Kano State Education Sector Joint Steering Committee (KSESJSC) to review sector performance and strengthen coordination among stakeholders towards improving education delivery.
The meeting, holding at M’Town Hotel, Dutse, Jigawa State, brings together representatives of Ministries, Departments and Agencies, School-Based Management Committees, Parent-Teacher Associations, Civil Society Organisations and development partners.
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The committee serves as the highest coordinating and oversight platform for providing strategic direction, promoting accountability and harmonising interventions across the state’s education sector.
The meeting, themed “Harmonising Education Sector Interventions to Reduce Out-of-School Children, Eliminate Overlaps and Address Gaps,” focuses on reviewing the sector’s performance from February to August 2026, identifying challenges and developing strategies to improve the effectiveness of education programmes.
In his welcome address, the Permanent Secretary, Kano State Ministry of Education, Pharmacist Aminu Bashir, acknowledged stakeholders’ contributions towards strengthening the state’s education system.
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He emphasised the need for collective commitment, effective collaboration and sustained engagement to achieve the sector’s development objectives.
Similarly, the Permanent Secretary, Higher Education Directorate, Alhaji Salahudden Habib Isa, described the committee as a strategic platform for reviewing policies, harmonising interventions and ensuring that resources are directed towards addressing the actual needs of the education sector.
In his keynote address, the Commissioner for Education, Gwani Dr. Ali Haruna Abubakar Makoda, represented by the Technical Adviser to the Governor on Education Reforms, Mallam Haladu Muhammed, stressed the importance of coordinated efforts among government institutions, development partners and other stakeholders in tackling challenges confronting the sector.
He called for the elimination of duplicated interventions, identification of underserved communities and strategic utilisation of available resources to achieve maximum impact.
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The commissioner also underscored the need to intensify efforts towards reducing the number of out-of-school children in Kano State through better coordination and effective implementation of education programmes.
The three-day meeting is expected to produce practical recommendations to strengthen institutional collaboration, address identified gaps and improve the implementation of education policies and interventions across the state.