Kaduna State government has finalized arrangements to begin the enforcement of free compulsory primary education over the 23 local government territories one month from now.

The Commissioner for Education, Science and Technology, Prof. Andrew Nok who advised Journalists on the exercises of the service, said the bill to authorize obligatory primary education in the state has been passed into law and would be viable in September.

He said, government introduces the law in order to guarantee that nobody is deny of fundamental training in the State, “the law gives punishment to parent who decline to send their kids or ward to school.”

“Anyone who is found giving or getting donations to beggars, and parent who sends their children to school would be dealt with by the law,” he said.

He said, the State government is going to get the Almajiri kids coordinated into the present day educational system.


The chief likewise unveiled that a sum of N2.2 billion has been spent on the installment of 1,200 recently enlisted instructors in the State.

The commissioner also disclosed that a total of N2.2 billion has been spent on the payment of 1,200 newly recruited teachers in the State.

The commissioner said the delay in payment was to ensure that all the newly recruited staff passed through proper documentation to check the “ghost worker syndrome.”

Nok also pledged that 15 secondary schools would be reactivated as boarding schools and equipped with standard facilities across the 23 local government areas.

He said hostels, library, clinic, kitchen facilities, perimeter fence and potable water would be provided to give the schools a conducive environment for teaching and learning.

15 schools to be reactivated as boarding institutions included Queen Amina College, Kaduna, Government Girls secondary School, Kawo; Government Technical College, Malali and Barewa Collage, Zaria.

Others included Government College, Kagoro; Girls Science Secondary School, Giwa; Rimi College, Zaria; Girls Science School, Kwoi; Government Girls Secondary School , Soba, Government college, Saminaka and Government College, Kagoro.

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