Kano govt directs private schools to slash 3rd Term fees

Kano State Government has urged owners of private schools to cut down school fees by 25 and 30 percent for the 2019/2020 Third Term academic session.

The state’s Commissioner for Education, Sanusi Kiru, expressed this in a statement signed by Aliyu Yusuf, the Public Relations Officer of the ministry, on Thursday in Kano.

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Kiru said the ministry was considering cancellation of the Third Term session if the school proprietors remained adamant to reduce the fees.

He said the measure was necessary in view of the economic realities brought by the COVID-19 pandemic.

“Two parallel ad-hoc committees were constituted to discuss with proprietors of the schools on the downward review of the fees as done in some states.

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“Failure to do so; the ministry will cancel the Third Term session, and the academic calendar will commence with a new session in January 2021.

“Proprietors of private schools should appreciate the support they enjoyed from the state government and extend the same gesture to the good people of the state.”

The Commissioner said the ministry had fixed Nov.1, the dateline for the schools to follow, issuing warning that: “the ministry will be left with no option than to take such a revolutionary decision in the public interest.”