Bauchi State Ministry of Education has banned the culture of notorious practice of seniority in its schools that has degenerated into brutality against juniors by seniors students.
The Commissioner of Education, Dr Aliyu Usman Tilde, who disclosed the ban to newsmen in Bauchi said: “Seniority, a manifestation of the aggression gene in young students, prevents learning as it instills a debilitating fear in juniors and breeds violence especially between members of the two most senior classes, forcing many students to pass their nights in the bush or on trees.
“Many would abandon the school altogether. I know cases where victims were rendered deaf or inflicted with other forms of everlasting deformity.
“Seniority leaves permanent wounds of hate and enmity against wicked senior in the heart of the ill-treated junior,” he said.
Tilde said it was imperative to rid the schools of the factors and practices that recently turned the schools unattractive to parents and students alike.
Tilde explained that every student, junior or senior, will be responsible for his chores.
He added that in the 21st century of freedom, children must be taught the culture of freedom and rights.
Tilde warned that any violation of the ban will attract extreme disciplinary measures including dismissal of the student if necessary.
He said principals were instructed to provide and ensure the efficacy of the administrative measures that check the menace adding that they would be held responsible for any breach reported in their schools.
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