COVID-19: Cutout school fees or we cancel 3rd term ― Kano tells private schools The Kano State Commissioner of Education, Muhammad Sanusi ...
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| COVID-19: Cutout school fees or we cancel 3rd term ― Kano tells private schools |
The Kano
State Commissioner of Education, Muhammad Sanusi Kiru has issued a November 1st
deadline to private school proprietors in the state to Cutout their school
fees by 25 per cent or it will cancel the third term of the 2019/2020 academic
session.
Kiru said the decision was for the school owners to reciprocate gestures it
enjoyed from the State Government by extending the same magnanimity to cushion
the hardship on the parents occasioned by the covid-19 pandemic which had a
socio-economic effect on the general public.
He said it has set up two ad-hoc committees to meet with the proprietors to
that effect and failure to reach a resolution will attract the action by the
ministry. According to him, “the decision of the Ministry became necessary in
consideration of the hard economic condition experienced as a result of the
lockdown due to the menace of COVID-19 which affected both socio-economic
positions of the general public. “I set up two parallel Ad-hoc Committees to
discuss with owners of private schools on the percentage of school fees (25%)
they are to reduce as done in about 4 – 5 states or we cancel the 3rd term of
the 2019/2020 academic session so that the academic calendar will commence with
a new session in January 2021.
“Proprietors of Private Schools should show some sign of appreciation for the
support they enjoyed from the State Government and extend the same magnanimity
to the good people of Kano State. “If by 1st November 2020 there is no positive
response, the Ministry would be left with no option than to take such a
revolutionary decision in public interest,” the Commissioner, Kiru however
stated. Recall that the state government says it has fumigated and provided
Personal Protective Equipment, PPEs for schools including private schools ahead
of schools re-opening for the exit classes and others after seven months of
closure as a result of COVID-19 pandemic.
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