Education Commissioner Suspends Free-Education Erring Principal
By Nnaemeka Egwuonwu
The Commissioner for Education, Prof. Ngozi Chuma-Udeh, says dismissal awaits any school principal who sabotages Anambra State Government’s Free Education policy.
Announcing the suspension of the Principal of Metu Memorial Secondary School, Onitsha, Dr. Fidelia Ogili, Prof. Ngozi Chuma-Udeh stated that the principal was asked to step down for going against the Free Education pronouncements of Gov. Chukwuma Soludo.
Dr Ogili was reported to have asked parents to pay N1,700 each for payment of PTA teachers, while students whose parents were absent from PTA meeting and orientation programme were asked to pay N1,000.
Dr. Ogili was further reported to have demanded N2,500 from each of the students as their first term examination levy.