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ABUJA: The Bauchi state government and the Republic of India are to sign a memorandum of understanding (MOU), on how to enhance the teaching of technology in Bauchi state.
Already, talks for the MOU have been held between the Bauchi state government and two institutions, the Amity Educational Institute and IEC College of Technology, both in India.
Alhaji Ahmadu Adamu Muazu, the Governor of Bauchi state, said that the talks were part of the achievements of his recent two weeks trip to the Asian country, stressing that the Bauchi state government has requested the two institutions to train its citizens at both the undergraduate and graduate levels.
Alhaji Mu`azu explained that he was impressed with the curriculum of the two institutions and hence his believe that their presence in Bauchi state, would “make the much touted transfer of technology a reality.”
The governor, while stressing his government`s policy to transform Bauchi state into a technology hub in the country, said technology is “gradually making the impossible to be possible,” and that “that`s the surest way to catch up with the developed world.”
Governor Muazu, while defending his choice of these two institutions explained that Amity, the largest private university in India, has over thirty thousand students and in its ten years of existence, as contributed immensely to the highly trained skilled manpower for that country. It has 130 programmes which he said is spread in 22 integrated campuses across the continent.
Alhaji Muazu also stated that the government has started integrating primary and secondary education into its free Universal Basic Education (UBE), programme beginning next academic session.
He said that as part of the philosophy of the programme, each school will be equipped with integrated science and computer sections to start training its youths properly from the primary levels