Ganduje orders payment of NECO fees for students

Kano state Governor, Abdullahi Umar Ganduje has directed that students in public schools who failed the qualifying examination for government patronage will now be sponsored to register for the National Examination Council (NECO).

The state Commissioner for Information, Youth and Culture, Malam Muhammad Garba, who revealed this in a statement issued to newsmen in Kano, said the gesture was part of government’s efforts to support parents in the payment of examination fees of their children.

According to the commissioner, the governor warned principals of public secondary schools against imposing unauthorized levies on students, disclosing that the state government will pay N424, 952million at N11, 000 per head for 38, 632 students as registration fees.

The statement added that the measure is also part of the administration’s avowed commitment to ensuring that the less-privileged enjoy better education and

reiterated the state government’s determination to bequeath the best of education to its citizens at all levels.

The statement also warned principals of secondary schools to desist from taxing any students before collecting his/her examination results as it is being alleged, pointing out that the state government will soon launch an investigation to find out the veracity of the accusation.

He urged parents, guardians and care givers to join hands with the government to ensure that their children not only get the desired education, but are also inculcated with good morals for the betterment of the society.