Minister urges states and local governments to fund nomadic education

Minister of State for Education Prof. Suwaiba Sa’id-Ahmad urged states and local governments to include nomadic and alternative education in their plans and budgets. She spoke Tuesday in Kano at an international conference organised by MAAUN with partner universities from Africa. She called on African universities to assess the costs of different teaching models and said learning centres need trained teachers, materials and supervision to achieve lasting results. MAAUN founder Prof. Adamu Abubakar-Gwarzo called for a new curriculum that takes the needs of nomads and pastoralists into account.