Minister of the Federal Capital Territory (FCT), Malam Muhammad Musa Bello has threatened to clamp down on sub-standard private schools that have been exploiting parents.
The minister who spoke at the flagging-off of the 2015/2016 Annual School Census at Government Secondary School, Area 10, Garki I District, Abuja said that his government is determined to tackle the proliferation of sub-standard private schools with a view to forcing them to maintain acceptable minimum standard.
The minister reiterated that if such schools were left the way they are, their activities would be counterproductive to the Federal Capital Territory educational system.
Muhammad Bello said that proprietors of such schools are exploiting the people, saying that it is unacceptable even as he said that though the proliferation of sub-standard private schools remains a challenge, the Administration would address it with seriousness.
“Sub-standard private schools that take advantage of the unfettered influx of the people into the city remain a challenge but the current Administration would redress it to ensure provision of high quality education for our children.”
He commended the principal, teachers and students of Government Secondary School, Garki for maintaining high standard of environmental sanitation and urged other public institutions in the Territory to emulate the school.
Also speaking at the occasion, the Minister of Education, Malam Adamu Adamu said that in order to facilitate the collection and collation of education data in Nigeria, the Federal Ministry of Education has concluded arrangement to host the NEMIS software on the Internet for real-time online data entry and processing.
According to him, this will further ensure uniformity in data reporting so that end-users will have timely reports for decision-making and research. [myad]
