A safiyar yau ne muka samu labarin rasuwar Farfesa Gidado tahir.
Marigayi Farfesa Gidado Tahir kwararren malami ne, kwararren mai gudanarwa, kuma fitaccen Abusite. Shahararren farfesa ne a fannin ilimi, wanda ya koyar a dukkan matakan ilimi a Najeriya, musamman a kwalejin ilimi da jami’a, tun daga 1975 zuwa yau.
An haifi Muhammad Gidado Tahir a ranar 29 ga watan Disamba, 1949, a garin Toungo, cikin jihar Adamawa. Ya yi karatunsa na farko, wato firamare da firamare a garuruwan Jimeta da Girei, duk a tsohuwar lardin Adamawa.
Ya halarci Makarantar Sakandaren Mishan na church of the brethren da ke Waka, Biu, a tsohuwar Lardin Borno, a tsakanin 1956 zuwa 1967 daga nan ya samu gurbin shiga Sakandaren Gwamnati da ke Bauchi, a Lardin Bauchi a lokacin, inda ya ci gaba da yin shaidar kammala makarantar sakandare ta Cambridge a 1968.
Ya wuce Jami’ar Ahmadu Bello da ke Zariya a shekarar 1970. Ya yi digirin digirgir a fannin Tarihi da Ilimi tare da kammala karatunsa a shekarar 1974, sai ya koma Jahar Gabas ta Tsakiya a lokacin ya yi aikin yi wa kasa hidima, inda ya koyar a Sakandare na ‘yan mata na Achi, dake Awgu.
Gidado Tahir ya fara karatunsa ne a matsayin mataimakin watto graduate assistant a jami’ar Ahmadu Bello da ke Zariya a watan Yuli 1975 kuma bayan shekaru biyu ya samu gurbin karatu tare da samun scholarship in cigaba da karatu a fannin ilimi mai zurfi a jami’ar Indiana Bloomington, Indiana Amurka.
Ya samu MSc da Ph.D. a Babban Ilimi da Ci gaba a 1978 da 1981, bi da bi. Ya koma ABU Zaria ya ci gaba da gudanar da aikinsa na ilimi inda ya mai da hankali kan aikin koyarwa, bincike, da aikin fadadawa. A shekarar 1984 ya koma Jami’ar Sakkwato amma daga baya ya yanke shawarar sauya zuwa waccan jami’ar.
Dokta Gidado Tahir ya zama shugaban sashen tsawatarwa, sannan ya zama shugaban tsangayar ilimi da tsawaitawa na jami’ar.
Gwamnatin Tarayya ta nada shi a matsayin Provost na Kwalejin Ilimi ta Tarayya da ke Yola daga shekarar 1987 zuwa 1994. Yayin da yake wannan mukamin, Jami’ar Usmanu Danfodiyo da ke Sakkwato ta dauke shi mukamin Farfesan Ilimi a watan Oktoban 1992.
Sai dai kuma kafin cikar wa’adinsa na biyu na Provost, gwamnatin tarayya ta sake ba Farfesa Gidado Tahir mukamin babban sakataren hukumar kula da ilimin makiyaya ta Kaduna.
Bayan shekaru shida, a watan Afrilun 2001, Farfesa Gidado Tahir ya zama mai kula da shirin ilimi na bai daya na kasa, sannan bayan shekaru uku ya zama Babban Sakatare na farko na Hukumar Ilimi ta Duniya.
Ayyukansa na hidimar jama’a ya ƙare a watan Afrilu 2007 kuma tun daga lokacin ya koma koyarwa na cikakken lokaci da bincike a Sashen Gudanar da Ilimi, Jami’ar Abuja.
Farfesa Tahir ya yi aiki na dan lokaci a matsayin Shugaban Sashen Gudanar da Ilimi a 2008/09 kuma an nada shi Mataimakin Shugaban Gudanarwa a cikin Afrilu 2011 kuma ya yi watanni 30. Yana tuntubar ko’ina tare da Hukumomin Majalisar Dinkin Duniya da dama, Bankin Duniya, Commonwealth of learning, da UKAid.
Farfesa Gidado Tahir ya wallafa labarai sama da saba’in a cikin mujalloli na gida da waje; da surori a cikin littattafai, ban da littattafai guda uku; duk a fagagen manyan makarantu, malamai, manya, firamare, sakandare, da kananan yara. Ya samu nasarar kula da PhD sama da 20 da kuma dalibai kusan 50 na MED a duka jami’o’in Sakkwato da Abuja.
Farfesa Tahir ya amshi karamawa guda biyu: na Society of Educational Administrators da the Nigerian Academy of Education, da kuma National Honor, OON, wanda ya samu a 2003.
Prof Gidado Tahir ya bar tarihi a duk inda yake aiki. A lokacin da ya kasance Provost na kwalejin ilimi Yola na tsawon shekaru takwas, ya hada shirin koyar da aikin koyarwa na jami’a ga malamai a matakin NCE, daga baya kuma ya sake tsara shi daidai da sabon tsarin NCCE.
Bayan haka, yayin da yake rike da mukamin Babban Sakatare na Hukumar Kula da Ilimin Makiyaya ta kasa, ya jagoranci tawagar kwararru wajen samar da shirin bunkasa kwararrun malamai ga malaman ’ya’yan makiyaya da kuma ‘ya’yan bakin haure.
Cibiyar ilimi ta makiyaya da ke Jami’ar Maiduguri ce ta gabatar da shirin.
A lokacin da yake rike da mukamin Kodinetan Hukumar UBEC ta kasa sannan kuma daga baya Babban Sakatarenta ya duba tare da sake fasalin shirinta na ci gaban ƙwararrun Malamai (TPD) daidai da sabon wa’adin hukumar, kamar yadda dokar UBEC ta 2004 ta tanada.
Kafin rasuwar sa marigayi Farfesa Gidado Tahir shi ne shugaban hukumar kula da ilimin makiyaya ta kasa ta Kaduna. Babban abin da ya fi so shi ne binciken ilimin malamai, bunkasa manufofi da aiwatar da shi a hukuma da matakan cibiyoyi.
By: Firdausi Musa Dantsoho
