Governor Nasir El-Rufai of Kaduna State has asked JAMB to level the playing ground between the north and other regions in Africa, so no one will be treated as disadvantaged.
During a live appearance on Channels Television’s Sunrise Daily Monday, the governor said such review will make students from the north as competitive as others.
“The North has always been behind in education. We’ve continuously been the disadvantaged region right from independence even though we’re given preferences, JAMB scores and all that. That has not helped. In fact, it has made our people lazy,” he said.
“Against this differential JAMB and FG (Federal Government) scores, I think people should be encouraged to work hard and compete and we’re prepared to make our children in Kaduna State to be competitive, not only in the state, but globally.”
El-Rufai also said the current closure of schools in the state is the bandits and terrorists oppressing the state want.
“The schools are closed now because, on the advice of security agencies, they need a couple of months to undertake massive security operations. They’re doing that. We’re confident that from the next two weeks, we’ll start the gradual reopening of schools.
“We’ve moved many of our students in rural areas that we’re not sure we can protect to urban schools, thereby increasing the congestion in urban schools that we can protect.”
“We’re not going to let them win but we must put the safety