The Plateau State chapter of the Association of Private School Owners of Nigeria, an APSON, has disclosed that 7,000 illegal private schools were currently operating in Plateau.
The Chairman of the association in the state, Mr. Solomon Musa, disclosed this to the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) yesterday in Jos.
Musa, who described the situation as worrisome, added that such development was bad for the growth of education in the state.
”As I speak to you, we have 7,000 illegal private schools operating in Plateau; I’m telling you this on my authority as the chairman of APSON in Plateau.
He explained that such move would curtail the proliferation of private schools in the state, hence ensuring quality service delivery to the people.
”Education as we all know is the bedrock of every society, and no reasonable government will want to jeopardize the education of its future generation.
”To make things right, the government decided to withdraw all approvals given to private school owners; we are to come for revalidation after which we will be issued with a license to operate in the state.
”As an association, we are supporting government 100 percent because anything that has to do with education has to be done rightly
”In every society, it is the government that regulates all educational activities, and so should not tolerate anyone that goes against its educational policies,” he added.
Musa, however, advised members of the association to key into the state government’s policy and avail themselves of the ongoing revalidation exercise.
