Since the administration of Nasir El-Rufai cancelled the payment of school fees in Kaduna State, pupil enrollment in schools has increased by 64 per cent.
According to Kaduna State Commissioner for Education, Dr
Shehu Adamu-Danfulani who spoke with News Agency of Nigeria, NAN on Sunday, some parents could not afford the two hundred naira school fees before the coming of Gov Nasir El-Rufai.
"Until I was appointed a commissioner and until the declaration by Gov. El-Rufa’i, I never thought that some pupils could not go to school because some parents could not pay N200.
When we visited some primary schools, we met teaming parents that were now registering their children in schools, even as some of these pupils were older than the age of starting school.
Some of the parents complained that they brought the children to school late because they could not afford the school fees, but now that education is free, they could gladly bring them,’’ he said.
The commissioner emphasized that education is a priority to the state government which he said would welcome any organization willing to support education in the state.
He also said that 2226 teachers have been recruited to address the acute shortage of science teachers in the state while over 300 schools are undergoing renovation.
"Recently, we found out that there was an acute shortage of teachers in our secondary schools, particularly in core science subjects, which informed the government approval to recruit more hands.
"I have visited a school, where I was surprised to be informed that they didn’t have a physics teacher in the last five years, he said."
NAN
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