The Kaduna state school quality assurance authority says it
has shut Future Leaders International School in Unguwar Rimi for conducting
entrance examination in violation of the coronavirus quarantine order.
According to NAN, Umma Ahmad, director-general of the
agency, who broke the news on Thursday, said that the school’s license would
also be revoked.
Ahmad explained that the school was shut down on Wednesday
for conducting entrance examination into Junior Secondary School I (JSS I) and
Senior Secondary School I (SSI) for 70 pupils.
She added that they found 34 teaching and non-teaching
staffer, including construction workers within the school premises.
The action, Ahmad said, was in violation of the federal
government COVID-19 quarantine order, which directed that all schools should
remain close.
The official added that the government had held series of
meetings with the leadership of the Nigerian Association of Proprietors of
Private Schools (NAPPS) in the state on why schools should remain closed.
She also pointed out that Nasir el-Rufai, the state
governor, had on June 9, categorically directed that all schools should remain
closed.
PRESS RELEASE:— Ministry of Education Kaduna (@Kaduna_MoE) June 11, 2020
The @contactkdsg has closed Future Leaders International School and revoke it license to operate. pic.twitter.com/HMskzmreHZ
“But against this directive, we learnt that Future Leaders
International School had asked pupils and students to come to the school to
write entrance examination into JSS I and SS I,” she said.
“On getting there, we met 70 pupils and students writing the
examination, with 34 teaching and non-teaching staffs as well as construction
ongoing in the school.
“In fact, half of the pupils and students were not wearing
face masks, a situation that put the children at risk of contacting the
Coronavirus.
“I, therefore, sent the pupils out, invited their parents
and closed the school as directed by Shehu Makarfi, the commissioner of
education.”
When contacted, Margarita Osuala, the proprietor of the
school, said: “I will not speak right now, but I will get back to you.”
Reacting to the development, Philip Iorhena, NAPPS
secretary, appealed to the government to be lenient on the matter. He also
wondered why the school would flout government’s directive.
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