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he Kwara Government on Friday said it had
closed down 10 private schools built with wooden slabs and operating without
due authorisation from the state government.
Hajia Zainab Bello, the Director, Quality
Assurance Bureau (QAB) of the Kwara Ministry of Education and Human Capital
Development, told the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) in Ilorin that the schools
were unsuitable for child learning.
Bello said that these schools were closed
down due to poor infrastructure and unconducive learning environment.
She said that the pupils could not assimilate
well in an untidy environment.
The director assured of the state’s
government commitment to ensure quality education, stressing that government
would continue to close illegal private schools.
“These schools are built with wood slabs and
the surrounding could not be said to be suitable for human beings, talk-less of
little children.
“The children are packed and sandwiched in
the untidy classrooms demarcated with slabs.
“There is no way any child can receive sound
education in uncompleted buildings, that is why the Quality Assurance Bureau
team are fishing out illegal private schools in the state,” Bello said.
She expressed disappointment at the
disobedience shown by some proprietors who went ahead with the schools in spite
of several warnings from the state government.
Bello warned school proprietors that the
state government had zero tolerance for unauthorised private schools and that
those found would be dealt with to serve as deterrent to others.
The director mentioned the affected schools
to include New Creation Nursery and Primary School, Adabata, Habitat Nursery
and Primary School, Al- Salam Nursery and Primary School, Allahu Samad Arabic
School as well as Almalik Nursery and Primary School.
“Others schools affected are Great Success
Nursery and Primary School, Isale Aluko, Aduni Success Islamic and Arabic
International Model Center Ajikobi.
Bello also listed others as Ridwanulkahi
Nursery and Primary School, Isale Aluko, Alubarka Nursery and Primary School,
Ajikobi and Almubashirina Nursery and Primary School, Ajikobi. Read more
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