By Daniel Tyokua
The Secretary, Federal Capital Territory (FCT) Education Secretariat, Alhaji Sani El-Katuzu, has disclosed that cultism, bullying, harassment and other social vices would not be tolerated in FCT public and private schools.
He stated this after monitoring schools’ resumption and level of compliance with COVID-19 preventive protocols yesterday in Abuja.
El-Katuzu explained that the FCT Administration had put measures in place to guard against actions or practices that could jeopardize academic activities in the nation’s capital, Abuja.
“I gave the students a message to the rest of them who were not present that any students we cut bullying will be send out of school, and we will make sure that he or she doesn’t get admitted into any school round the FCT where we have control over.
“We operate an administration that has zero tolerance for bullying, cultism and harassment of students in our schools,’’ El-Katuzu said.
The secretary said that adequate measures had been put in place to guarantee the security of students, teachers and other staff in all schools across the territory.
On the level of compliance to the COVID-19 protocols, El-Katuzu expressed satisfaction with the compliance in all the schools visited especially the used of face mask.
Earlier, Dr Yahaya Muhammad, Proprietor of Islamic Leadership Academy, Kuje, assured that the school management would continue to ensure that staff and students adhere to COVID-19 protocols.
Muhammad, a former Chairman of FCT Secondary Education Board, said the school would not relegate any instructions from government or health institution with regards to the issue of COVID-19.
