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Private school owners disregard Kano govt order on resumption date

By Murtala Muhammed, Kano
27 July 2015   |   1:59 am
AGAINST the Kano State government directive that all students should resume for the completion of third term session today, Monday, July 27th, the National Association of Proprietors of Private Schools (NAPPS) has insisted they would not reopen schools. The Executive Secretary of Kano State Private Schools Board Alhaji Kabir Mustapha, in a statement stated that…
Kano State Governor, Ganduje

Kano State Governor, Ganduje

AGAINST the Kano State government directive that all students should resume for the completion of third term session today, Monday, July 27th, the National Association of Proprietors of Private Schools (NAPPS) has insisted they would not reopen schools.

The Executive Secretary of Kano State Private Schools Board Alhaji Kabir Mustapha, in a statement stated that government has directed all schools to resume on 27th of July for the completion of the third term academic session, warning that failure to abide by the order would attract stiff sanction.

But in a reaction, a member of the private schools owners association who pleaded anonymity told The Guardian that they would not comply with government directive for obvious reasons.

The source who hinted that the leadership of NAPPS met at the weekend and directed all its members to shun the order. He added that the association has fixed Tuesday for another congress meeting to further deliberate on the issue.

The state Ministry of Education ordered immediate closure of all schools (both public and private) on Friday, 26th of June to allow students participate in the Ramadan fasting, thereby readjusting the third term academic calendar.

In the rescheduled calendar, students are expected to close on 26th June and return on 27th July, to spend four weeks for revision and subsequently sit for the third term examination.

According to the abridged calendar, schools will close for third term on 21st August and return for the 2015/2016 session on September 27th, 2015.

Subsequent against her directive, the government had issued an approval for the private school operators to continue with the session to end the third term on or before 10th of July 2015.

The source who blamed the private schools board of high handedness and attempt to undermine government policies told the reporter that the government had granted the private schools permission to close and reopen for 2015/2016 session between July 10th and September 7th, 2015.

“The directive by the executive secretary of the private schools board is out of place. Government has granted us the waver to resume and reopen as planned. The plan was an attempt to undermine government’s instructions.

“We have vacated since July 10th for third term and you want us to resume again with the public schools and vacate again after four weeks, on what basis? It is not possible for us to resume. What he is calling for presently is an indication that he could not manage the board effectively.”

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