The Kebbi State Authorities has introduced the reopening of Authorities Women’ Complete Secondary Faculty, Maga, months after 24 schoolgirls have been kidnapped from the varsity and later rescued.
The Commissioner for Fundamental and Secondary Schooling, Dr Halima Bande, disclosed this on Tuesday whereas briefing journalists after a safety assembly with principals and heads of secondary colleges in Birnin Kebbi.
Bande stated the choice adopted the restoration of confidence amongst mother and father, college students and college officers by way of counselling and the total deployment of safety personnel to the realm.
“The victims have been rescued, and confidence has been restored by way of counselling and sufficient safety presence. This has now paved the best way for the resumption of educational actions at Authorities Women’ Complete Secondary Faculty, Maga,” she stated.
The varsity was shut after the November abduction, which heightened fears over scholar security within the space.
In response to the commissioner, Governor Nasir Idris has directed that every one vital safety measures be put in place to make sure the security of scholars and workers throughout colleges within the state.
She stated the governor additionally permitted the conduct of safety consciousness programmes for principals and college personnel as a part of efforts to forestall a recurrence of such incidents.
Bande defined that comparable safety sensitisation periods had earlier been held in Zuru, Yauri, Jega, Bunza and Argungu, with the Birnin Kebbi assembly marking the ultimate section of the train.
Emphasising collective duty, the commissioner stated faculty directors, academics and college students all have crucial roles to play in safeguarding faculty environments.
“We should not enable our collective psyche for peaceable residing to be taken away by bandits,” she stated.
Bande famous that the target of the boards was to advertise heightened safety consciousness and make sure the easy operation of colleges in a conducive studying ambiance.
She urged faculty principals to keep up cordial relationships with their host communities, describing them as key stakeholders in native safety preparations.
The commissioner additionally suggested faculty directors to maintain common engagement with safety businesses for skilled steering, stressing the significance of proactive safety measures.
She counseled Governor Idris for approving the deployment of safety personnel to colleges, noting that the transfer had boosted the arrogance of academics and college students to hold out educational actions with out concern.
Bande additional praised the Nigeria Police Drive, the Nigeria Safety and Civil Defence Corps (NSCDC) and the Division of State Companies (DSS) for educating faculty principals on safety consciousness and preventive security methods.
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