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Pakistan offers to assist in capacity building of Nigerian teachers

By Kanayo Umeh, Abuja
03 February 2016   |   9:47 pm
Nigeria and the Islamic Republic of Pakistan have agreed to scale-up their relationship in the area of education. This is as the country’s High Commissioner to Nigeria, Agha Mohammad Umar Farooq, expressed his country’s readiness to assist the country in the area of capacity building of teachers at the tertiary level and intervention in basic and secondary levels.

Nigeria and the Islamic Republic of Pakistan have agreed to scale-up their relationship in the area of education. This is as the country’s High Commissioner to Nigeria, Agha Mohammad Umar Farooq, expressed his country’s readiness to assist the country in the area of capacity building of teachers at the tertiary level and intervention in basic and secondary levels.

The envoy has also accented to a request for the expansion of scholarship awards to Nigerian students under the Bilateral Scholarship Award Agreement (BEA).

All these came to light during discussions when the Pakistani envoy to Nigeria paid a courtesy visit to the Federal Ministry of Education in Abuja.

Farooq, who was received by the Permanent Secretary, Dr. Folasade Yemi-Esan, on behalf of the Minister of State, Prof. Anthony Anwukah, noted that his country and Nigeria have related on several fronts in the past, especially in the area of education, which he wants strengthened.

He said that the cordial relationship has led to the development of a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU), which signatures would soon be appended by both parties.

The permanent secretary thanked the envoy for the visit, acknowledging Pakistan’s long-standing support to Nigeria in the development of the education sector.

She said Nigeria was keen on strengthening her relationship with Pakistan, saying that the ministry will fast-track the process of signing the MoU.

Yemi-Esan said that the desire to intervene in the secondary education level, particularly in technical and vocational education, would be desirable.

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