Pillar 3

Education and Skills Development

Put every child in a decent classroom with a trained teacher, and give young people and women skills that lead to work.

Commitments: 5
Linked deliveries: 27
Completed: 20

Commitments

Build and renovate schools
Expand secondary access and restore dilapidated classrooms.
9 deliveries
6 of 9 completed
Recruit and train teachers
Close the teacher gap and invest in professional development.
4 deliveries
2 of 4 completed
Scholarships and exam support
Fund bursaries, scholarships, cash support for girls and public exam fees.
3 deliveries
1 of 3 completed
Digital and smart learning
ICT and CBT centres, and model smart schools in every senatorial zone.
2 deliveries
2 of 2 completed
- Model Smart Secondary Schools in Radda, Jikamshi and DumurkulCompleted
- ICT and computer-based test centresCompleted
Skills for youth and women
Vocational training, apprenticeships, digital skills and starter packs.
10 deliveries
7 of 10 completed

Delivered by

Governor Radda with EU Commissioner Jutta Urpilainen, Jigawa Governor Umar Namadi and education partners in 2023

EducationNew junior secondary schools

Completed

170 new junior secondary schools

Junior secondary schools built in communities that previously had none, part of over ₦120 billion invested in education in three years.

Statewide

Aerial view of a three-storey classroom block at one of the new Special Model Secondary Schools

EducationSmart schools

Completed

Model Smart Secondary Schools in Radda, Jikamshi and Dumurkul

One smart school per senatorial zone, with robotics and AI labs, 24-hour power and internet, reserved for gifted children from poor and rural homes.

Charanchi, Musawa

Silver and gold trophies on a wooden shelf

EducationReward won

Completed

Best state in Nigeria for TESS, with a $12.18 million reward

Katsina ranked first nationwide in the World Bank-backed BESDA-AF TESS project, winning the highest reward of ₦18.7 billion.

Statewide

A schoolgirl reads aloud in a full classroom

EducationSchools rehabilitated

Completed

300 schools rehabilitated, 150 primary schools renovated

Dilapidated classrooms restored across the state, alongside furniture and equipment for primary schools.

Statewide

Governor Dikko Umaru Radda speaks at the presentation of appointment letters to 2,158 new teachers, July 2026

EducationTeachers recruited

Completed

7,325 teachers recruited, 18,000 trained

New teachers recruited under S-Power, more than 18,000 trained, and over 20,000 tablets and laptops given to teachers.

Statewide

Dignitaries in academic regalia at the 17th convocation of Al-Qalam University, Katsina, January 2026

EducationScholarships awarded

Completed

Scholarships, bursaries and exam fees paid

Over ₦7 billion in scholarships, ₦1.39 billion of WAEC, NECO, NBAIS and NABTEB fees cleared, and medical students sponsored abroad.

Statewide

Students work at desktop computers in a school computer lab

Education

Completed

ICT and computer-based test centres

CBT centres in Dutsin-Ma, Daura and Malumfashi upgraded and equipped, with more ICT centres in rural and urban communities.

3 LGAs

Government vehicles and a truck rehabilitated by trainees of the Katsina Youth Craft Village

Youth & WomenAccredited centres

Completed

Katsina Youth Craft Village: six accredited skills centres

Six vocational centres recognised by NBTE, starter packs for 1,662 graduates, and ₦60 million won in the IDEAS-TVET award.

6 LGAs

Governor Radda meets trainees in blue lab coats at an enterprise and skills programme

Youth & WomenMechatronics apprentices

Completed

4,500 young people trained in auto mechanics and mechatronics

A partnership with the Nigerian Automobile Technicians Association trained 1,500 mechatronics apprentices and 3,000 auto mechanics across every LGA.

Statewide

A woman entrepreneur checks her phone at her juice stand

Youth & WomenStart-ups launched

Completed

Dikko Social Innovation Academy

A tech academy training young people in software, data, design and product, producing nine start-ups from its first cohort.

Katsina

Presentation of a School Improvement Grant cheque under the TESS project, May 2026

EducationSchools funded

Ongoing

₦6.1bn School Improvement Grants for 110 schools

A second round of grants under the TESS project funds classrooms, renovations, toilets and safe water in 110 schools to UBEC minimum standards.

Statewide₦6.12bn

Governor Dikko Umaru Radda addresses the 2025 World Teachers' Day celebration in Katsina, February 2026

EducationNew secondary schools approved

Approved

70 new secondary schools approved

Approved in February 2026 to ease congestion, alongside electric motorcycles for teachers in rural schools.

Statewide

Dignitaries at the launch of the Katsina State Policy on Safety, Security and Violence-Free Schools, May 2026

Education

Completed

Policy on Safety, Security and Violence-Free Schools

Katsina domesticated the national safe-schools policy, launched by the Minister of Education in May 2026, to protect learners from violence and kidnapping.

Statewide

A graduate of a Katsina skills acquisition centre receives her certificate beside laptops and starter packs, January 2026

Youth & WomenGirls equipped

Completed

1,000 adolescent girls trained and equipped

Graduates of skills centres in eight LGAs received starter packs in tailoring, knitting, leather work, cosmetology, catering and ICT.

8 LGAs

A graduating artisan receives a prize and toolbox at the Katsina–Family Homes Funds skills graduation, May 2026

Youth & WomenArtisans certified

Completed

500 construction artisans certified

With Family Homes Funds, Katsina expanded a 150-place programme to 500, certifying artisans in masonry, carpentry, plumbing, electrical work, tiling and painting.

Statewide