Heads of Private Schools in Abia state have been warned against flouting the state government’s approved guideline, which is the collection of 30 percent school fees from their pupils and students in the current 2019/2020 academic calendar.
Dr Kanelechi Nwangwa, Abia State Commissioner for Education made this known on Sunday in Umuahia. He said that any school that fails to comply with the directive will receive adequate sanction from the government.
Dr Kanelechi expressed worry that some of the schools he visited on Friday to ascertain the level of compliance to the government’s directive were playing ignorant of the rule.
The commissioner therefore encouraged parents to report any private school flouting the order to the Ministry or Area Inspectorate Department in their locality, adding that because of the devastating effects of the COVD-19, the government came out with the policy as a way of easing its debilitate ugly effects on parents.
He also stated that State Executive Council through the electronic and print media announced measures to be followed by head teachers of private schools and that based on that the government will not hesitate to sanction such school for financial violation.
