Following the negligence which led to the death of a SS2 student, Late Fatima Maikano, the Katsina State Government has suspended the principal of Government Girls Arabic Senior Secondary School, Fago, Fatima Yakubu.
WITHIN NIGERIA had earlier reported that hours after a mathematics teacher identified as Abubakar Suleiman flogged Fatima Tasi’u, the student of Government Girls Arabic Secondary School Fago in Sandamu Local Government Area of Katsina State has died.
The state government has also dismissed and banned for life from premises of all its schools was the mathematics teacher, Abubakar Suleiman who was privately engaged by the principal to teach in the school.
Reacting to the incident, the State Commissioner of Education, Badamasi Lawal informed newsmen on Tuesday about the outcome of an all-inclusive meeting involving the deceased’s parent.
Lawal said a committee has been set up to further investigate the matter.
He added that the state government has henceforth banned corporal punishment across it schools and warned principals and teachers to ensure that no student is henceforth flogged with cane.
He said the death of Fatima is so unfortunate, adding that government would not fold its arms but ensure the safety of its students who were entrusted to teachers and principals.
The parent of the deceased student, Tasi’u Maikano told newsmen that the recent action taken by the ministry will go a long way in soothing his pains and that of his family.