Kwara pledges loans for private school operators
Kwara Governor AbdulRahman AbdulRazaq has promised to offer interest-free loan and grants to private school owners to pay their workers and prevent massive loss of job in the sub-sector.
“But we will need to have the right database to know the number of private schools in the state, the number of their teachers, and their students,” he said at a virtual meeting on Friday with the umbrella bodies of private schools in Kwara State.He said such database would be key for efficiency, transparency and success of the move, recalling how the administration had established a hitch-free and transparent bursary regime with digital registration and verification of all applicants last year.
“On gradual reopening of schools, whatever we do would have to align with the position of the Federal Government,” AbdulRazaq said, adding however that all schools should ramp up their preparations for school reopening by keeping in place all safety measures like hand washing bay, among others.
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