In a bid to increase access to
quality education, Rivers State Governor, Nyesom Ezenwo Wike, has announced the
total abolition of all forms of fees and levies in public primary and secondary
schools across the state.
Wike directed state-owned primary
and secondary schools to stop collecting fees and levies from students and
pupils with immediate effect.
He stated that henceforth, the
State Government will be sending direct allocations to all primary and
secondary schools management for their operations.
The Governor spoke on Monday
during a meeting with the heads of primary and secondary schools, Rivers State
Senior Secondary Schools Board and State Universal Basic Education Board at the
Government House Port Harcourt.
He said: “From today henceforth,
no child either in primary and secondary schools should pay fees and levies in
any school across the State.
“The monies you collect from
these children are just used for your personal purposes. If I hear that any
school head collects any fees or levies, be they examination, NECO or WAEC
fees, that school head would be sanctioned.
“We shall not only dismiss the
school head who collects fees or levies, we will prosecute the person involved.
“Government will work out grants
that will be sent to the schools for their regular management and operations.”
Wike directed the State Ministry
of Education, the Rivers State Senior Secondary Schools Board and the State
Universal Basic Education Board to monitor all public schools across the state
to ensure compliance.
The Governor stated that the
administration funds the salaries, allowances, examinations and equipment of
all public schools. He assured parents that his administration will remain
committed to the provision of quality education, which is accessible to the
less privileged.
“I have abolished all fees and
levies and it will never happen again in our public primary and Secondary
schools. Nobody should collect fees and levies from the children of the less
privileged,” he said.
The statement signed by Simeon Nwakandu,
media aide to the Governor, said the school heads celebrated the new directive
of the Rivers State Governor.
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