Free Compulsory Education Begins In Kaduna

Kaduna State government has concluded plans to
commence the enforcement of free compulsory
primary education across the 23 local
government areas next month.
The Commissioner for Education, Science and
Technology, Prof. Andrew Nok who briefed
Journalists on the activities of the ministry, said
the bill to enforce compulsory primary education
in the state has been passed into law and would
be become effective in September.
He said, government came up with law in order
to ensure that no one is deprive of basic
education in the State, “the law provides penalty
to parent who refuse to send their children or
ward to school.”
“Anybody who is caught giving or receiving alms
to beggars, and parent who sends their children
to school would be dealt with by the law,” he
said.
He said, the State government is going to get
the Almajiri children integrated into the modern
school system.
The commissioner also disclosed that a total of
N2.2 billion has been spent on the payment of
1,200 newly recruited teachers in the State.
The commissioner said the delay in payment was
to ensure that all the newly recruited staff passed through proper documentation to check
the “ghost worker syndrome.”
Nok also pledged that 15 secondary schools would be reactivated as boarding schools and equipped with standard facilities across the 23 local government areas.
He said hostels, library, clinic, kitchen facilities, perimeter fence and potable water would be provided to give the schools a conducive environment for teaching and learning.
15 schools to be reactivated as boarding institutions included Queen Amina College, Kaduna, Government Girls secondary School, Kawo; Government Technical College, Malali and Barewa Collage, Zaria.
Others included Government College, Kagoro; Girls Science Secondary School, Giwa; Rimi College, Zaria; Girls Science School, Kwoi; Government Girls Secondary School , Soba, Government college, Saminaka and Government College, Kagoro.