Dr Shehu Muhammad, the Commissioner for Education, in a statement issued in Kaduna, described the information as fake news.
"The attention of the Kaduna State Ministry of Education has been drawn to a fake news report in circulation, alleging that the government has suspended the resumption of schools across the state indefinitely.
"The purported report attributed to Nasir El-Rufai declares that the governor made the declaration while addressing a stakeholders' meeting on Monday.
"That the resumption is suspended due to the ongoing aggressive military operation against bandits in most parts of the state.
"The Ministry of Education wishes to inform the public that the information is false and lacks any basis as the governor was neither in a meeting with stakeholders, nor made any disclosure of such nature to anyone," Muhammad said.