> Parents who fail to send their children to school will be sent to jail, Governor El-Rufai has said
> He asked parents who are not ready to send their children to school to leave the state
> The governor’s wife, Hadiza, lamented the high rate of girls who are out of school in Kaduna state
Governor Nasir El-Rufai of Kaduna state has vowed to prosecute parents who fail to send their children to school in September.
Speaking during the screening of the “He named me Malala,” documentary organised by his wife, Hadiza, the governor said any parent who failed to send their children to school would be sent to jail, The Punch reports.
“You can leave Kaduna state if you don’t want to send your child to school next month. No street begging again. All our children must go to school. Any parent who refuses to send his or her child to school will be prosecuted and sent to prison,” he said.

» Also speaking, the governor’s wife, Hadiza, said the percentage of girls who were out of school was too high.
» According to her, young girls constituted a significant percentage of the population and must be supported with education and training required to ensure that they contributed effectively to the society.
She added that the government was working hard to solve the problem by increasing female enrolment in good schools.
Meanwhile, the state Commissioner for Education, Science and Technology, Prof. Andrew Nok, said the current administration in the state had awarded scholarships to 40 girls to study Medicine in Uganda as a way of encouraging girl-child education.

Recall that in May, the bill to ban street begging and hawking in Kaduna state was passed. Following the passage, beggars in the state staged a protest, giving the governor seven days ultimatum to withdraw the law.
» The Kaduna state government is set to kick off a free compulsory primary education.
Source: Naij