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COVID-19: KADUNA STATE GOVERNMENT SHUTS DOWN SCHOOL FOR CONDUCTING ENTRANCE EXAMINATION

The Kaduna State School Quality Assurance Authority has shut down Future Leaders International School, Unguwar Rimi, Kaduna for conducting entrance examinations for students.


The Director-General (DG) of the agency, Hajiya Umma Ahmad, made this known to newsmen today.


Ahmad said the school management violated Coronavirus Protocols issued by the Federal Government and the Nigeria Centre for Disease Control (NCDC).


The DG revealed that the school’s license would be revoked for conducting entrance examination for 70 students into Junior Secondary School 1 (JSS 1) and Senior Secondary Schools (SS 1) in the middle of a pandemic.


She added that they found 34 teaching and non-teaching staff, including construction workers within the school premises.


According to her, Gov. Nasir El-Rufai had in a broadcast on June 9th, 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 to the school to 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 staff 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,’’ Ahmad said.


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