Kwara govt gifts outstanding 2024 WASSCE student N1m

In its commitment to investing in education, the Kwara State Government has rewarded the best-performing student in the 2024 West African Senior Secondary School Certificate Examination (WASSCE), master Adeshina Shalom of the Rehoboth College, Pipeline, Ilorin, who got As in nine subjects, with #1,000,000.

Hajia Saadatu Modibbo Kawu, the Commissioner for Education and Human Capital Development, while disclosing this on Wednesday during the quarterly Inter-Ministerial Press Briefing organised by the Ministry of Communications, which took place at the conference room of the Ministry of Finance, said the gesture served as a wake-up call for other students while reiterating government’s continuous support for development in the education sector and ensuring student’s walfarism in the State.

Giving an update about the ministry, Hajia Modibbo Kawu noted that the State government had embarked on supervision of the construction and renovation of schools, adding that it also sponsored the Placement Examination (Common Entrance) for all Primary 6 pupils and subsidised Basic Education Certificate Examination (BECE) for all JSS 3 students in Public Secondary Schools across the State.

The Commissioner also disclosed that the state government had ensured the prompt release of feeding allowances to exchange students in Government Secondary School, Ilorin; Queen Elizabeth Secondary School, Ilorin; and the Kwara State School for Special Needs, as well as the timely release of the 2024 Academic Calendar.

Hajia Modibbo Kawu explained that the State government also launched the Nigeria Learning Passport ( NLP) programme as part of its efforts to find solutions to learning gaps and increase access to quality education, adding that the Adolescent Girls Initiative for Learning and Empowerment (AGILE), was also flagged off to improve secondary education opportunities among girls across the three senatorial districts of the State.