Zamfara revokes operational licence 500 private schools

The Zamfara state government has announced the revocation of operational licence of 500 private  schools in order to sanitize the educational system in the state.

The State Commissioner for Education Ibrahim Abdullahi disclosed this in Gusau during an interview with newsmen.

The commissioner said very soon, comprehensive procedures would be set for any private school that needed to be re-issued with a new operational license to fulfil before it can be reconsidered.

He said when the administration of Bello Matawalle came on board, it realized that the government had almost lost control of the supervision of the operation of these private schools as there was no control mechanism set up by the state ministry of education which empowers the government to monitor their operations.

According to him, a system whereby a private school owner is only required to pay the sum of N30,000 for the issuance of operational license. After that, government is not benefiting from a dime despite huge amount of money these private school operators extort from parents and guardians.

He also declared that the ministry has already come up with a draft bill which will any moment be sent to the state Assembly for passage after which he said the law will empower the state ministry of education to have total control of what private schools are doing in the state. ENDs