By Ife Osemedua
365Daily– The Federal Capital Territory (FCT) Education Secretary, Mr. Sani El-katuzu, has assured that proprietors of private schools who abuse the approved national curriculum for schools would be sanctioned.
He made the promise during the official handover briefs of the secretariat from the Director of Administration and Finance, Mr Leramoh Abdulrazaq, in Abuja.
While condemning introductions by schools under the guise of branding, the Secretary said that the secretariat would no longer tolerate such additions which he described as outright violation of laws put in place by regulatory agencies.
He stated: “There are some other challenges I also need to point out like private proprietors of schools within the FCT operating outside the laws. They are not supposed to follow teaching outside the nationally accepted curriculum.
“No school in Nigeria will be allowed to teach any child outside the approved curriculum. There are schools that adopt curriculum from elsewhere to come and teach in our schools and we will not tolerate that,” he said.
The secretary warned that the secretariat under his watch would not recognise or shield highly placed individuals.
“My findings revealed that some private schools in the Federal Capital Territory are owned by the who is who of this country.
“We will not make any distinction between highly placed or commoners. All Nigerians are equal and we should operate within the law,” he warned.
El-katuzu advised members of staff of the secretariat to brace up for the task ahead as he intends to push them, to make his mark in the education sector in the FCT.
Earlier, the Director of Administration and Finance of the secretariat, Abdulrazaq, thanked the FCT Minister, Malam Muhammad Bello and staff of the department for the opportunity to serve.