The Bauchi state Commissioner for Training, Mr Aliyu Tilde, on Friday, stated the state authorities had concluded plans to separate female and male college students in secondary faculties within the state.
He acknowledged this whereas addressing newsmen after the State Govt Council (SEC) assembly.
Tilde, nonetheless, stated the transfer would solely be executed at any time when and wherever it was potential.
He defined that the concept was to deal with ethical decadence, which had turn into prevalent among the many pupils of secondary faculties.
In accordance with him, the place it’s potential, the scholars, together with these within the non-public faculties can be separated whereby the males can be attending their educational actions in a single establishment and the females in one other separate establishment.
The commissioner additional defined that the place they may not be separated fully, their seating association can be in such a way that the males would occupy one aspect of a classroom and the females on the different aspect of the classroom.
He gave an instance the place a category instructor caught two college students whereas being taught in a classroom and was participating in an immoral act.
“An important factor is that we don’t wish to undo the progress that we’ve got made up to now on girl-child schooling by permitting this pattern to proceed.
“We got here up with an concept, allow us to lengthen that 1978 abrogation of core schooling coverage to cowl our day secondary faculties as effectively, wherever and at any time when it’s potential.
“Wherever is feasible is speaking concerning the geography and at any time when is feasible is speaking concerning the distribution in time. That’s, perhaps it’s potential tomorrow or not when it comes to separating them fully.
“Wherever is feasible is the place maybe we’ve got two-day secondary faculties throughout the identical neighborhood, we’ll allocate one to women and the opposite to boys,” he stated.
Tilde additionally stated that folks can be extraordinarily completely satisfied concerning the transfer, including that even people who had been reluctant to permit their wards to proceed to Senior Secondary Faculty ranges, can be inspired to permit them to go.
He added that the coverage has the potential to drive retention of scholars in faculties greater than earlier than.
In one other growth, the commissioner introduced that the state authorities had additionally accredited the institution of a Faculty of Training within the Dass Native Authorities Space of the state.
He stated the establishment can be named Dass Faculty of Training till additional discover when it will be named after a patriot from the world.