Kano’s Karfi Primary School in Ruins: Over 10,000 Children Learn in Unsafe Conditions Despite Billions Spent on Education

In a damning revelation by civic technology platform Monitng, Karfi Primary School, the only government school serving the Karfi community in Takai Local Government Area of Kano State, has been left in a state of severe disrepair putting the education and safety of over 10,000 children at risk.

Despite billions of naira allocated annually to Kano State’s education sector, the school suffers from collapsed roofs, broken furniture, leaking classrooms, and lack of ventilation, all of which have rendered it virtually uninhabitable as a learning facility.

During a recent inspection, Monitng described the condition as “unfit for human use”, noting that pupils are forced to learn under decaying infrastructure, exposed to harsh weather and potential injury. Learning is often suspended during rainfall due to the leaking roofs and overcrowded, poorly ventilated spaces.

“Karfi Primary School is in appalling shape. Pupils sit on broken benches under collapsing roofs. The classrooms are dark, unsafe, and unventilated this is the harsh reality of public education here,” Monitng reported.

The group condemned the government’s inaction, highlighting that community appeals to both state and federal representatives have repeatedly gone unanswered. They noted the disparity between education budget figures and the actual condition of public schools in rural areas.

“This is not just neglect it’s a betrayal of public trust. While budgets are filled with lofty figures, schools like Karfi are left to rot. Leadership has failed these children,” Monitng added.

They called on Kano State Governor Abba Kabir Yusuf and relevant education authorities to urgently intervene, renovate the school, and provide basic learning materials to restore dignity to education in Karfi.

The situation is particularly dire given that Kano State ranks highest in Nigeria for the number of out-of-school children (1.89 million). Karfi’s case, they argue, is a vivid example of how budgeted education funds fail to translate into real impact on the ground.