DIRECTOR SAYS: FCT TO REVISIT CLOSED SCHOOLS

FCT To Revisit Closed
Schools, Says Director
— Oct 27, 2016 10:35 am | Leave a
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The Quality Assurance Department (QAD) of
the Education Secretariat of the Federal
Capital Territory (FCT) is to revisit the over
500 illegal schools closed down in the area.
Mr Ayuba Didam, Director, QAD, confirmed
this development to News Agency of Nigeria
(NAN) in Abuja on Wednesday.
He said that already Proprietors of some of
the affected schools were at the department
to comply with the department’s guidelines
to enable their schools resume operation.
He, however, stated that “their coming to
the department does not mean they should
go ahead to commence operation.
According to him, they must be certified and
cleared by the department before they will
be allowed to resume operation.
He said the seven Zonal Offices in the FCT
had been directed to ensure that all the
schools that were closed down, remained
closed.
Didam stated that henceforth, the
department would be engaging the services
of security operators while on visitation to
schools to check possible breakdown of law
and order.
“The next time the department will be going
out to revisit the schools, security
operatives will be involved, not like the
previous visits, where only our workers
were involved.
“We have written to the agencies intimating
them of our planned visit and we are
expecting them to be part of the exercise so
that even if anyone has the intention of
doing anything, security will be there,’’ he
added.
According to Didam, intending proprietors
are supposed to seek approval before
establishing schools so as to ensure
monitoring and quality control.
NAN recalled that the then Acting Secretary,
Education Secretariat, Mrs. Naomi Bilkis on
July 19, led staff of the secretariat to
Durumi, where she ordered the closure of
the illegal schools in the area.
She said that zonal officers were mandated
to monitor private schools closely to ensure
that all those closed down were not
reopened.
She noted that in spite the challenge of
increasing influx of people into the FCT,
causing a rise in the demand for qualitative
education, the FCT Administration was
working hard to provide classrooms for all
children in approved schools in the area.
She advised parents to use the holiday
period to enroll children in approved private
and public schools.(NAN)

SOURCE: INFORMATIONNG TEAM