By Fanen Ihyongo, Kano

The Kano State government has sacked the Head teacher of Government Secondary School (GSS) Dambatta, Malam Sabo Muhammad Ahmad, for alleged dereliction of duty, betrayal of trust, insubordination and gross misconduct.

Commissioner for Education, Muhammad Sanusi Sa’id Kiru, who announced the sack on Sunday, directed the Executive Secretary of Kano State Senior Secondary Schools’ Management Board to assign a new Headteacher to the school immediately.

The new Headteacher is to report to the Education Ministry today for directives.

It was gathered that the Kano State government had directed all boarding schools in the state to retain in school their students writing the National Examination Council (NECO) examinations.

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The state government also provided special feeding arrangements which included purchase of 19 cows as a special gesture for Salah. The Education Ministry said the sacked Headteacher disobeyed the authority’s directives.

A statement by the Commissioner for Education, signed by the Ministry’s Chief Public Relations Officer, Aliyu Yusuf, reads:

“The Commissioner of Education has just approved the immediate removal of Malam Sabo Muhammad Ahmad, the current Headteacher of GSS Dambatta and directed the Executive Secretary, Kano State Senior Secondary Schools Management Board to send his replacement immediately.

“The removal of the former Headteacher was as a result of his inability to retain the 300 students writing NECO Examinations in his school, despite the circular released to all Headteacher/Directors to that effect.

“He reluctantly released all the students and also left the school for his home town, possibly for Salah break without informing the ministry.

“This action is a portrayal of laxity, betrayal of trust reposed in him, insubordination and gross misconduct.”