On Friday in Abuja, the Education Secretariat of the Federal Capital Territory Administration (FCTA) pledged to close any school that didn’t adhere to the required educational curriculum.
At a meeting with the FCT chapter’s leadership of the National Association of Proprietors of Private Schools (NAPPS), Mrs. Magdalene Uzoanya, Acting Director, Quality Assurance Department of the Education Secretariat, issued the warning.
She reaffirmed the department’s intention to ensure quality in both teaching and learning in the FCT and to enforce compliance with the Nigerian Educational Curriculum.
The director also issued a warning to private schools that continue to operate with expired accreditation certificates.
She warned the school to stop barring FCT administration employees from entering their buildings for routine inspections or else face the full force of the law.
According to Uzoanya, the establishment of schools must go through a number of steps, procedures, and approvals.
She requested that strict adherence to all statutory laws and other rules relevant to the operation of schools in the FCT be required.
She issued a warning that any illegal and unregistered schools would be shut down, and she said that no subpar schools would be permitted to operate in the FCT.
The director scowled at the proprietors of certain private schools who failed to follow the rules and pay the authorized annual accreditation payments.
She specifically mentioned individuals with impressive infrastructure, criticizing their actions as being against the established rules.
“The department will not issue recognition and accreditation certificates to any school found wanting in this regard.”
She emphasized that the agency would not give certificates to individuals who had not yet paid the permitted fees due to the administration and recommended school owners to do so.
This is crucial to the FCT Administration’s effort to raise money.
She reaffirmed that the department’s responsibility to monitor and inspect schools to ensure complete adherence to the minimal requirements, while registering and accrediting both private and public schools, would not be compromised.
Schools should prepare and pay their fees, according to Malam Mudi Mohammed, Deputy Director and Chairman of the Revenue Taskforce.
She highlighted that the organization wouldn’t provide certificates to anyone who hadn’t already paid the legal expenses owed to the administration and advised school administrators to do so.
This is essential to the FCT Administration’s fundraising efforts.
In addition to registering and accrediting both private and public schools, she underlined that the department’s obligation to monitor and inspect schools to guarantee total adherence to the minimum requirements would not be jeopardized.
Malam Mudi Mohammed, Deputy Director and Chairman of the Revenue Taskforce, advises schools to prepare and pay their fees.
She cited the numerous difficulties encountered by school administrators, particularly in light of the current economic climate and the COVID 19 pandemic, which prompted many schools to close because of a lack of funds.
She argued in favor of giving private school owners a stipend from the government to help them with their financial struggles.
