Zamfara state government says it has recruited one hundred and ten teachers to complement government efforts in reversing what students lost due to closure of schools across the state.
The state Commissioner of Information, Ibrahim Magaji Dosara made this known at a press conference held at Government House, Gusau.
He said that the 110 additional teachers would provide more extra lessons to students in primary and secondary schools across the state to recover lost learning.
Mallam Ibrahim Dosara disclosed that the teachers would be sent to over two hundred schools for their primary assignment especially the green schools which have no element of security threats.
According to him, amber schools would also be provided with those teachers as they have an element of security threats but minimal while those categorized as red schools would still remained closed as they are categories of schools with high risk of insecurity.
The Commissioner further explained that, not all schools in the state were authorize to reopen, stressing that the insecurity situation in some areas of the state made it impossible to resume academic activities.
Dosa explained that, the schools were ordered to reopened after consultations with the security experts who he said promised to deploy more security operatives to various schools in the state.
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