PTA Rejects Call To Scrap Unity Schools

The Parents Teachers Association (PTA) has rejected calls for the scrapping of unity schools in the country.
The National President of PTA, Mr Kefas Kaura, made the appeal while fielding questions from newsmen yesterday in Keffi, Nasarawa State.
Kaura said unity schools had helped over the years to integrate people from different parts of the country.
He described unity schools as fundamental to national unity, saying that those calling for its scrapping are making a mistake.
“Unity schools have helped in modelling students in character and learning who had letter became great people in this country.
“The products of these schools as at one point of the order served the country and contributed to the socioeconomic development of the country,” he explained.
He noted that as parents, they are stakeholders in the education sector and called on the government to strengthen the schools through proper infrastructural development and improve manpower to man the schools.
“The role these schools play in national unity and peaceful coexistence cannot be quantified hence the need for its sustenance”.