The Yobe State Universal Basic Education Board (SUBEB) said the state has adopted Hausa as the language for teaching in primary schools. SUBEB chairman in Yobe, Goni Ibrahim, disclosed this to newsmen in Bauchi, at a workshop for teachers organized by the Board in collaboration with the World Bank and Northern Education Initiative.
Represented by Sama’ila Machina, the Director, Social Mobilization of the Board, Ibrahim said the idea of adopting Hausa language as medium of teaching is aimed at enhancing learning through the use of mother tongue.
He said the new initiative of using mother tongue is designed to make learning easy for children, especially pupils in primary 1 to 3, adding that the scheme is meant to eradicate literacy in the state. On his part, the Focal Officer of Better Education Service Delivery for All (BESDA) program in Yobe State, Sama’ila Machina, said the use of the mother tongue in schools will commence in the 2019/2020 academic session in the state.
He said BESDA is a World Bank supported programme designed to assist out-of-school children like Almajiris and the girl-child to acquire education in 17 northern states, including Yobe State.
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