The government has asked principals to bring back important school clubs and societies like agric, press, literary and debating societies to fill the mind of students with good thoughts.
The government said this is to make an environment that helps students to make good choices and avoid the attraction of vices that can ruin their potential.
The minister of state for education, Yusuf Sununu, said this during the awareness of parents, teachers, students and other people to stop vices in secondary schools in Abuja, yesterday.
Sununu also asked all the school‘s management to watch more on schools‘ vices especially now with social media.
“The three things of learning, character and giving skills cannot be better than now when the President of the Federal Republic of Nigeria, President Bola Ahmed Tinubu, is ready and shows the power to make the hope of Nigerians better especially in the education sector.
“Vices in many different ways have gone deep into our society especially among students in secondary schools as they now use their energies for these vices instead of being serious with their school work.
“Secondary schools are not just places of learning but places where young minds are made, and values are given.
“But, in recent times, there has been more worry about the coming of vices that can spoil the very base of our institutions. It is our duty together to face this issue and make an environment that grows.
“Vices, like substance abuse, bullying, or any other bad behavior, affect the well-being of our students.
“These bad influences not only stop academic progress but also spoil the emotional and social growth of our young minds.
As teachers, parents, and guides, we cannot ignore this issue; we must face it with bravery and will.“
To do this, he said it is important that there is talking with the students openly and honestly. „We must make places for them to say their worries, fears, and problems. By making an air of trust and understanding, we can remove the things that let vices grow in the dark.“
Also, the director, senior secondary education department, Hajia Binta Abdulkadir, said that secondary schools, once respected as places of knowledge and character making, are now facing many vices that can spoil the society.
“From substance abuse to examination cheating, from bullying to cultism, these vices have entered our education institutions, damaging the minds and souls of our future leaders.
“But in this bad reality, there is hope. The power to change things is in all of us here today.
“It is our duty – parents, teachers, and students to join in our will to stop these vices and take back the purity of our schools,“ she said.
