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Kano Headmasters Want Perimeter Fencing To Protect Primary Schools

By Abdullahi Yusuf 

Some Primary School Headmasters in Kano State have urged the State Government to provide perimeter fencing to their schools to protect them from thieves.

The Headteachers made the request while receiving members of the Correspondents' chapel of the NUJ who were on a Reportorial visit to their respective schools to assess progress in the ongoing State of Emergency declared by the State Government.

They said erecting perimeter fence around the schools would also prevent people from trespassing on them.

One of them is the Headmaster of Dawakin Tofa Modern Primary School in Dawakin Tofa Local Government Area,Sabi'u Sunusi Idris, who pointed out that the absence of perimeter fencing had exposed his school to thieves.

Idris also bemoaned the absence of security guards in the school which he said had caused thieves to steal its valuables.

His counterpart, Haruna Ibrahim of Chula Central Primary School in Ajingi Local Government Area,said lack of perimeter fencing around the school had exposed it to incessant trespassing by residents of the area,disrupting lessons during work hours.

"Trespassers disrupt our lessons when they are passing through the school with their vehicles that make loud noise because the school is not fenced,and there is nothing we can do about it," Ibrahim said.

He also complained about inadequate number of security guards as only one security personnel is manning the school which has 1270 pupils and 12 teachers.

Similarly, the Assistant Headmaster of Garindau Central Primary School in Warawa Local Government Area,Murtala Aliyu, said although the school had been fenced,it needs two additional security guards to protect it from thieves.

"Only yesterday, thieves entered this school and carted away valuables due to absence of adequate of number of security guards.We have only one security personnel guarding a school of 1270 pupils taught by only 12 teachers,"Aliyu said.

Governor Abba Kabir Yusuf had in June this year declared a State of Emergency in the state education sector with a view to revamping it for the overall development of education in the state.

Yusuf said while launching the programme that,"Today, I stand before you to announce the declaration of a STATE OF EMERGENCY in the education sector. A state of emergency, as declared today, is an extraordinary legal measure that allows us to take some bold steps to address these critical challenges swiftly and effectively.

"Nearly four out of every five classrooms in our primary and junior secondary schools are marred by dilapidation and disrepair, rendering them unsuitable for the noble pursuit of knowledge,"he said.