Metro Katsina Govt Orders Residents to Withdraw Their Children From Private Schools

The Katsina State Universal Basic Education Board (SUBEB), has directed primary school teachers and all head teachers in the state to withdraw their children from private schools for enrolment in public schools.



According to Chairman of the SUBEB, Lawal Buhari Daura gave the directive on Wednesday, 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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So, that I teach in a govt school means I am restricted on where my child gets educated. Where is the stand of human right here? Was it part of the employment condition they signed when taking up the job?

It is not only teachers that make a school work. It is both the teacher and good quality infrastructures.

Therefore if govt want them to withdraw their wards, then it must provide suitable learning conditions that cannot be found anywhere else in the state.