The deterioration of education disguised as free and compulsory education in our dear Kano state by the @GovUmarGanduje for cheap political goals must be addressed beyond surface treatment.
Shortly after the announcement of resumption of schools, post covid19 era. Thread...

The govt forced private school owners to reduce their existing school fees by 25% citing economic hardship after spending 7months at home, left at the mercy of paying their teeming staff out of goodwill when parents were not paying school fees. Most schools pay rents...

Regardless of school session or not, the government neither supported private schools nor reduced their tax or even give them waivers. Not even covid relief materials, even the 5% staff support requested was not granted. Tell me how these schools will cope with the economy?

Are we in a totalitarian government? The effect will be unemployment as schools will be forced to downsize and sack staff, the adverse effects on education when work force is reduced is that student will be left at the mercy of teachers taking courses out of their fields

This will in turn lead to deterioration in quality of education, private schools which are the lender of last resort in providing quality education will become ruined like the govt owned schools and colleges which are in shambles. If truly the Kano state government wants to ...

Make education free and compulsory, then they should develop short term and long term plans to achieve that, short term plans should be focused on renovation and expansion of existing schools to accommodate more student and staff, employ more teachers.

In the interim, can enroll students and pupils into private reputable schools both in the state and outside.
Long term should focus on building new mega school structures across the 44 local governments, employ more teachers and instill the student per teacher ratio according to

UNICEF standards.
Provide uniforms, text books and exercise books, shoes, chairs and tables, equip labs and provide staff training and retraining to meet modern teaching techniques requirements. Funds should be dedicated to maintenance of these infrastructures.

The database of students across the state should be obtained for proper tracking, ensure eradication of the menace of most out of school children in the country according to UNICEF.
The problem of education in Kano is fundamental, private schools shouldn’t be made the sacred cows