Stephen Olufemi Oni 
Kwara State Governor AbdulRahman Abdulrazaq has engaged a mission team of the Japan International Cooperation Agency (JICA) in talks for a partnership to develop basic education in the state. The JICA team is in Kwara to explore how to support the state in different sectors, especially in education and agriculture.
Kwara had recently been named alongside FCT Abuja as a beneficiary state of JICA interventions owing to its commitment to basic education development. The JICA team on basic education is working with the Prof. Raheem Adar- amaja-led State Universal Basic Education Board.
Speaking during a courtesy visit by the JICA team, the governor said his administration has invested so much in school infrastructure and human capital development, add- ing however that more interventions are still required to consolidate on the gains in the sector.
He commended JICA for their offer of partnership that he said will complement his administration’s efforts to improve the quality of teaching and learning outcomes in public schools.
