Delta govt frowns at unauthorised, illegal fees collection in public schools - Vanguard News Nigeria

—The Delta State Government has frowned at the unauthorised levies and fees unilaterally imposed on pupils by Schools vis a vis sending children away from school with the added threat of being flogged for inability to pay ‘school’ fees.

“By virtue of the Universal Basic Education, UBE, Act, Education at the Basic Education Level is FREE. However, in Delta State that provision is also extended to Senior Secondary level with the resultant effect being that Basic and Secondary Education in Delta State is and still remains free.

“I have conducted a preliminary investigation into the matter; so, I have some information but in the interim, we are suspending her as the head teacher of the school pending the outcome of the investigation of the committee that would be constituted. “We have continuously reminded heads of primary and secondary schools in the state that they do not have the right to impose levies on their pupils and students; that is why, at the beginning of every session, we circulate what we refer to asermissible levies to all schools through the Chief Inspectors of Education but a lot of them tend to abuse it for their own selfish interest,” he added.

On the state of the infrastructure in the school, Mr Ebie stated that it is important to clarify that Okotie Eboh Primary Schools I and II, Sapele exist in two locations in the same neighbourhood and within a minute’s walk of each other and having discovered the dilapidated state of the infrastructure in the Schools, steps were immediately taken by the State Government, through the Ministry of Basic & Secondary Education, to carry out a phased renovation and upgrade of the infrastructural...

vanguardngr Can the governor children's school in this dilapidated building? Remember you are governor of the people made by the people not governor of your self interest.

vanguardngr Why can’t Delta state government develop the school? They keep on talking illegal fees collections, take a look at the school Gov. Ifeanyi.

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