Pathetic state of Katsina school where pupils sit on bare floor

Government Day Secondary School, Jibiya, Katsina State is blighted by an air of neglect that is visible from different views of the public school. So irrespective of the angle an onlooker stands, the state of disrepair is evident.

Founded in 1983, a tour of the school located in Dan Marke area, off Chama Park Road, Jibiya by Saturday PUNCH, revealed the lofty dreams of its founders for the school and the community. Despite the glaring rot occasioned by neglect, the blocks of classrooms still have telltale signs of the kind of facilities provided in the school when it was established.

For instance, the school has a staff quarters to encourage the teaching staff have easy access to the school. Though dilapidated with walls thick with grime accumulated over the years, the facility has an examination hall, laboratory, library, computer room, and sports facilities, including a football field.

Some trees dot the landscape of the school, providing shade and offering some semblance of beauty and normality, a stark contrast to the unsightly infrastructure of the school.

Nothing in the school showed that it benefited from the state government’s ‘Restoration Agenda,’ which has education sector as one of its priorities.

The PUNCH, November 24, 2018

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