El-Rufai in a
state broadcast in December 2017, promised to enrol his child in a public
school when he turns six years.
Gov. Nasir
El-Rufai of Kaduna State on Monday enrolled his six-year-old child, Abubakar
Al-Siddique El-Rufai into primary one in Capital School Malali, Kaduna, a
public school, in fulfilment of a promise he made in 2017.
“The move is part of reforms to revamp public
schools in the state to make them more competitive. We are determined to fix
public education and raise their standards so that private education will
become only a luxury.
“As we make
progress, we will require our senior officials to enrol their children in
public schools. And I will by personal example ensure that my son that will be
six years of age in 2019 will be enrolled in a public school in Kaduna State,
by God’s grace,” El-Rufa’i had said.
Briefing
newsmen shortly after he enrolled the child, El-Rufa’i explained that it was a
commitment that had been fulfilled.
“I made that
commitment because I believe that it is only when all political leaders have
their children in public schools that we will pay due attention to the quality
of public education. I went to a public school like this. The school I went to
is not as good as this one, but here I am, because of the quality teaching I
got.
“I intend to
ensure that all our public schools offer quality education, and so we are
encouraging all our senior public servants to send their children to public
schools. Once the public schools are improved to a point they are nearly as
good or even better than private schools, no one will waste his money taking
his child to private school,” he said.
Ummi
El-Rufa’i, the mother of the child said: “l am glad that we can send a strong
message to our leaders and the elites, that we need to start making things work
from within our homes. By the time we start attending public hospitals and send
our children to public schools, the system will get better. This is a very huge
step,” she said.
On his part,
the little child said: “I am sad that I will miss my old school, my friends and
my teachers. But I have to help my father keep his promise”.
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