A total of 75 secondary schools in Zamfara state have remained shut over banditry, it was revealed on Saturday.
This was disclosed by the Permanent Secretary in the Ministry of Education, Alhaji Kabiru Attahiru, in Gusau on Saturday.
He said the government directed the closure of the schools following the abduction of 75 students from Government Day Secondary School, Kaya, in Maradun Local Government Area of the state.
Mr Attahiru said most of the girls secondary schools were closed since September 2021 following attacks on two girls’ schools in the state.
He spoke during to a two-day meeting to domesticate the National Policy on Gender in Education (NPGE) organised by the state’s Universal Basic Education Board in partnership with UNICEF.
The perm sec said the state government was working round-the-clock to reopen the schools closed since September 2021 following threats by bandits.
In his remarks, the state’s UNICEF consultant, Dr Ahmed Hashim, highlighted the objectives of the committee including reviewing of inputs from previous meetings on NPGE.
