There is palpable tension in the Bauchi State capital as students of secondary schools kicked against a new government policy to separate boys from girls in schools in the state.
Students, who officially resumed school on Monday across the state, took over streets of Bauchi protesting against the new government policy.
The Bauchi State Commissioner for Education, Mr Aliyu Tilde, had announced that the state government had concluded plans to separate male and female students in secondary schools in the state.
Tilde, while addressing newsmen after a State Executive Council (SEC) meeting in Bauchi, noted that it would only be executed whenever and wherever it was possible.
He explained that the idea was to address moral decadence, which he said had become prevalent among students of secondary schools.
According to him, private schools would take a cue from the initiative and separate the males who would be attending their academic activities in one institution and the females in another separate institution.