The Bauchi government has announced the commencement of exercise books and chalks production for distribution to schools.

Muhammed Lawal, commissioner for education, stated this in Bauchi on Friday while inspecting the production site at the state’s Education Resource Centre.

According to him, the state was not only locally producing exercise books and chalk, but it was also rebranding all forms of textbooks to give them a new look.

“You can see that exercise books are being locally made in Bauchi State under the supervision of the Ministry of Education, with the support of Governor Bala Mohammed.

“The fact that we can produce exercise books in Bauchi State is a great achievement for this administration, and we are getting enough support from the governor by making this happen.

“There is no point in going to China, and this development will phase out the number of undue, unqualified contractors that supply substandard materials,” Mr Lawal said.

The commissioner said that the centre was a clear indication that education was working in the state, adding that the primary aim of setting up the production site was to ensure that the government supplied the schools with homemade products.

“When we are well fed, then we can think of exporting this chalk for revenue generation to other states,” he said.

The director of ERC, Kabiru Ahmed, commended the workers for their zeal and commitment in discharging their duties at the production site.

(NAN)