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Kano, Jan. 25, 2021 The British Council says it has spent £1.5 million on the implementation of the Kano Literacy and Mathematics Accelerator programme (KaLMA) in Wudil and Dawakin Tofa Local Government Areas of the State.
The Representative of KaLMA in Kano, Mr Habeeb Saleh, disclosed this at the launch of the distribution of KaLMA teaching and learning materials on Monday, in Kano.
According to him, the programme, which began in Oct. 2019, was aimed at addressing the lack of foundational skills in basic literacy and numeracy, among primary school pupils.
“KaLMA was also providing training and capacity building for teachers, Head Teachers, students and also school support officers in foundational skills methodology.
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The British Council in its efforts to boost education in Kano State it has spent 3.2 million pounds on the implementation of the Kano Literacy and Mathematics Accelerator programme (KaLMA), in Wudil and Dawakin Tofa Local Government Areas of Kano State.
This was just as the council said that no fewer than 255 headteachers, 1,196 class teachers and 28,544 pupils in 181 schools in the two local government areas would receive materials.
The representative of KaLMA in Kano State, Habeeb Saleh, disclosed this at the flag-off of distribution of KaLMA instructional materials in Kano.
In 2020, KaLMA had produced and distributed teaching and learning materials to all primary four to primary six teachers and pupils in the two local government areas the programme was being implemented in the state.