Abia State government has closed all illegal private Nursery, Primary and Secondary Schools presently operating in residential buildings, warehouses, church halls, village and town halls.
In a release signed by the Commissioner for Education, Dr. Kanelechi Nwangwa, government says closing of the schools was part of government’s attempts to ensure that the Abia child is properly educated in the right environment and by the right teachers. The release directed that all the pupils and students must never go back to these schools from next term.
The release further stated that “Parents that have their wards in these schools should use this holidays to make all necessary arrangements to relocate these pupils/students to Government and Approved Schools having standard School compounds. Parents are particularly encouraged to take advantage of the free education program as well as the School Feeding Program of the Government to take their wards to Government Schools instead of these closed Schools.
Dr. Nwangwa also said that any School Proprietor that has a school in any of those venues mentioned and fails to comply to the directives and go ahead to open by January would have himseld to blame. The Commissioner in the release went further to advise parents to make sure they would not continue to patronize these Schools.