Saturday, September 1, 2007

EMIR OF HADEJIA CALLS FOR SPECIAL EDUCATION

The Emir of Hadejia Alhaji Adamu Abubakar Maje has stressed the need for federal and state ministries of Education to establish special schools for educating children with natural deformity.
Alhaji Abubakar Maje gave the charge while receiving a delegation from the special education unit of the federal ministry of Education who paid a visit at his palace.
He contended that there a lot of talents that could be tapped from the deformed children through Education instead of leaving them as destitutes in tahe society.
In his address, the acting Education Secretary of Hadejia local government, Mallam Abba Mohammed Ilallah announced that, his office was the first in the state to establish a primary school for the deaf children.
He announced to establish such school for blind and crippled children in the area.
Responding a spokesman of the delegation, Mr Abdul, told the Emir that, they were in Jigawa State to make a feasibility study towards providing special Education for the deformed children.

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