The Kaduna State Universal Basic Education Board (SUBEB) will spend N17.6 billion on Universal Basic Education (UBE) intervention projects and an N408.6 million on teachers training in 2021.
This is contained in the breakdown of the N20.1 billion earmarked for Kaduna SUBEB for capital projects in the states approved 2021 budget, obtained by the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) in Kaduna on Monday.
The document showed that out of the 17.6 billion earmarked for UBE projects, N8.6 billion were rolled over from 2017, 2018, and 2019 projects.
NAN reports that the Board opened the financial bids for the 2017, 2018 and 2019 UBE/SUBEB intervention projects expected to begin early 2021 on Nov. 11.
The budget breakdown indicated that N6 billion was for 2020 and 2021 intervention projects, while N2.9 billion was for intervention in primary education development.
It showed out of the N408 million meant for teachers training N40 million would be spent on the training of 3,266 mathematics and science teachers under the Strengthening Mathematics and Science Education project.

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