Teachers ordered to withdraw wards from private schools

fuad lawal

August 27, 2015 7:31 AM

Government teachers in Katsina State will no longer be allowed to send their children to private schools anymore.

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All primary school teachers and all head teachers in the state have been ordered to withdraw their children from private schools for enrolment in public schools following an order by The Katsina State Universal Basic Education Board (SUBEB).

Chairman of the SUBEB, Lawal Buhari Daura gave the directive on Wednesday, when he led management of the Board on an inspection tour of Local Education Authority (LEA) in Kankia, Leadership i

Daura said the directive was in line with an earlier order issue by the Governor, Aminu Bello Masari that public officers under his administration must patronise public schools.

He insisted that the directive was part of efforts to revive the education sector, but was silent on whether or not penalties awaited defaulters.

Our correspondent reports that findings indicate that most of the primary school teachers in public schools do not patronise public schools as they enrol their children and wards in private schools, an action which suggests that they have no confidence in the public schools.

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