The Kaduna State Quality Assurance Authority has vowed to go after over 2,000 unregistered private primary and secondary schools operating illegally in the state.
The Herald gathered that Hajiya Umma Ahmad, director-general of the authority, made this known on Monday, January 13.
Ahmad said only about 2,000 out of the over 4,000 private schools operating in the state have registered with the state government.
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She stated that some of the schools have been operating in the state for over 20 years without registration to avoid regulation and evade tax payment to the government.
According to her, “As at middle 2019, only about 1,000 out of the over 4,000 private schools in the state have registered with the state government, until we started closing the illegal schools down.
“So far, about 2,000 have registered and we are going after the remaining 2,000 until all have registered. “This will enable us to effectively monitor and regulate them to ensure they operate within the stipulated standard in line with our mandate.
“That child, regardless of which school he attends is a child under the care of Kaduna state with obligation to provide such a child with quality education he or she deserves.
“Therefore, the state government will continue to ensure that both public and private schools provide quality education for children, so they will grow and become intelligent, skillful, innovative and creative citizens.”