The Kano state government on Monday revoked the certificate of operations of all private schools across the state.
The government asked them to all come forward for revalidation of certificate.
This is coming on the heels to the killing of a 5 year old girl, Hanifa Abubakar by her school teacher and a proprietor of a private school, Noble Kids Academy.
The state commissioner for, Muhammad Sanusi Kiru announced the decision on Monday at a news conference.
According to him, ” we are all aware of the ongoing case concerning Hanifa’s death as she was gruesomely murdered by a suspect called Abdulmalik Tanko who is the proprietor of Noble Kids Academy and in view of the sad incidence, especially regarding how she was murdered in the private school, the State government has decided to withdraw the certificate of all private schools for revalidation.
He said the ministry of education will set a criteria for their recertification.
He noted that a panel has been constituted comprising of the ministry of Justice, Department of State Service, (DSS), Civil Defence , private school owners association and other agencies to look into the revalidation of all private schools in Kano State.
The Commissioner said the revalidation exercise would be fast-track for smooth conduct.
He noted that students in private schools that there operational licenses would not be restored after the exercise would be transferred to other schools.
”Presently we have seven directorates for private schools headed by a director and the 44 local government areas of the state have been zoned to these directorates. Hence if we discover that any private school not registered operating , after the exercise, the director in-charge of the zone would answer questions on that, ”Kiru added.
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