The Kaduna state school quality assurance authority says it has shut Future Leaders International School in Unguwar Rimi for conducting entrance exami
The Kaduna state school quality assurance authority says it has shut Future Leaders International School in Unguwar Rimi for conducting entrance examination in violation of the coronavirus quarantine order, NAN is reporting.
Umma Ahmad, director-general of the agency, who broke the news on Thursday, said that the school’s license would also be revoked for conducting entrance examination into Junior Secondary School I (JSS I) and Senior Secondary School I (SSI) for 70 pupils.
She added that they found 34 teaching and non-teaching staff, including construction workers within the school premises. The action, Ahmad said, was in violation of the federal government COVID-19 quarantine order, which directed that all schools should remain close.
The official added that the government had held series of meetings with the leadership of the Nigerian Association of Proprietors of Private Schools (NAPPS) in the state on why schools should remain closed. She also pointed out that Nasir el-Rufai, the state governor, had on June 9, categorically directed that all schools should remain closed.
“But against this directive, we learnt that Future Leaders International School had asked pupils and students to come and write entrance examination into JSS I and SS I. On getting there, we met 70 pupils and students writing the examination, with 34 teaching and non-teaching staffs as well as construction ongoing in the school.
“In fact, half of the pupils and students were not wearing face masks, a situation that put the children at risk of contacting the Coronavirus. I, therefore, sent the pupils out, invited their parents and closed it as directed by Shehu Makarfi, the commissioner of education.”
