Standing Committee on Education,Tertiary and Professional Institutions of the Adamawa State House of Assembly says it will amend law establishing private schools in the state.
The Chairman of the committee, Hon. Eng. John Adun Alaba, stated this while receiving the officials of the National Association of Proprietors of Private Schools (NAPPS) in Adamawa state who paid his committee a courtesy and a familiarisation visit on Friday.
Hon. Eng. Alaba who represents Uba/Gaya constituency, assured that his committee will scrutinise the legislation establishing private schools and make necessary amendment.
He told the proprietors that their contributions to the development of education sector cannot be over-emphasized, saying that the committee will support them with the needed legislation.
The lawmaker further assured that his committee and the assembly by extension will create an enabling environment for them to operate, and advised them to notify the committee whenever there is any problem.
He charged them not to allow anybody to tarnish the image of the association by operating illegally, saying that the committee will soon embark on oversight function on private schools to check their operations.
Also speaking, the Vice Chairman of the committe and member representing Nassarawo Binyeri constituency, Hon. Babangida Mohammed Njidda, commended them for their contributions in educational development.
Hon. Njidda stressed the readiness of the committee to support and called on them to identify schools that are operating without license or at substandard level in order to penalise them.
Earlier, the Acting Chairman of the association, Muhammed Musa Wambilmi, said that the officials of association came to familiarise themselves with the committee members as well as congratulate them on their victory.
Musa told the assembly that NAPPS is the only body which supervises, monitors and punishes erring members of the association where necessary, and pledged their support to the committee.
He disclosed that one cannot go to other states and establish private school without documentation, saying that it is NAPPS that will ensure that the person has all that is needed before making its recommendation to the ministry of education for approval.
He appealed to the committee to advise the ministry of education to work hand in hand with NAPPS in order to ensure that the lives of the pupils are protected, saying that they needed the backing of the government.
He congratulated Governor Fintiri for securing 2nd term, explaining that the association is aware of the developmental strides of the present administration, assuring that the association is in total support of his government.
He said that the association will always stand by Fintiri's government because they know he has good plans for the state, and also pleaded to support the committee directly or indirectly.
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