Insecurity leaves 75 Zamfara secondary schools closed – Official
AREWA AGENDA – The Zamfara state government has said 75 secondary schools remained closed in the state.
The permanent secretary of the Ministry of Education, Alhaji Kabiru Attahi, in a good will message at a two-day state level meeting to domesticate National Policy on Gender in Education (NPGE) in Zamfara, and organised by the Universal Basic Education Board in partnership with UNICEF said the state government under the leadership of Governor Bello Mohammed Matawalle is working round the clock to reopen the affected schools.
The schools were closed as a result of threats by bandits.
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He further stated that the affected schools were mainly girls secondary schools in the state.
In September 2021, the Zamfara state government directed the immediate closure of primary and secondary schools following the abduction of 75 students from Government Day Secondary School, Kaya, in Maradun local government area.
The permanent secretary said there is need to involve field officers in education in national policy on gender education to attain the desired result.
The state’s UNICEF consultant, Dr. Ahmed Hashim, highlighted the objectives of the committee which included reviewing inputs from the previous meeting on NPGE, domestication through validation process, finalising the implementation plan and inaugurating the state implementation committee.
