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Last Updated: Monday, November 8th, 2004 HOME | Previous Page Non-indigenes to pay N75,000 yearly in Zamfara schools By Idris Salisu Special Correspondent, Gusau   After introducing the Sharia legal code aimed at lifting social morals, Zamfara State government has again introduced a new education policy that discriminates against non-indigenes who are now to cough up N75,000 yearly for boarding school. Parents and guardians have started receiving letters to that effect. The letters, signed by school principals asked parents to pay N25,000 per term. They got the letters when students vacated for Ed-el-fitr break. It was learnt that parents have started making arrangements to withdraw their wards from public schools because they cannot afford to pay the new fees that ensures that day students and primary school pupils will pay N10,000 and N5,000 respectively per term. The letter, it was learnt, also demanded that if a student claims to be an indigene of Zamfara he must produce documents from his local government chairman to prove same. It was also learnt that non-indigenes parents and guardians have decided that rather pay the fees they would transfer their wards to private schools. Most of the parents/guardians interview by Daily Independent expressed displeasure at the new fees, saying they preferred to transfer their children even outside the state. According to Mallam Salisu, “It is too much for Zamafara to introduce N25,000 per term to non-indigenes, which means one has to pay N75,000 per year if he want his son to school in the state”. As a result of this, private schools have started to record high patronage of parents seeking admission for their wards. The education ministry has directed students, who are not from Zamfara, to pay their fees before schools reopen next term or they would not be allowed in schools. The directive is contained in the letter sent to all the parents of the affected students on Friday as the schools closed for the sallah break. Copyright� 2004. All Rights Reserved. Independent Newspapers Limited Block5, Plot 7D, Wempco Road, Ogba, P.M.B. 21777, Ikeja, Lagos State, Nigeria. www.independentng.com e-mail: [email protected] Designed By Powered By DNet.

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