The Kwara State government has threatened to sanction owners of private schools in the state with substandard quality of education.

Speaking at the presentation of award and launch of the magazine of the National Association of Proprietors of Private Schools (NAPPS) in Ilorin at the weekend, Governor Ahmed said the state government would not hesitate to enforce rules on private proprietors who continue to provide substandard education.

The governor, who was represented on the occasion by the Commissioner for Education and Human Capital Development, Alhaji Saka Onimago, urged the association to join hands with government to promote high quality of education at all levels in the state.

"On my part, we remain committed to sustaining our reform in the education agenda and ensure our pupils learn in a very conducive environment through the provision of modern infrastructure.

"In this regard, my administration intends to overhaul 120 secondary schools in the state to modern standard, similar to what can be found in any developed country around the world in the first phase of the complete modernisation of our schools.

"However, while the physical infrastructure is important, my administration places equal importance on issues such as teachers training, curriculum review and functional education at all levels. We are determined that henceforth every child in Kwara state receives quality and functional education that better prepare them for the future", he said.