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State Govt shut illegal schools





The Ebonyi State Ministry of Education has closed four schools operating illegally in Onicha Local Government Area of the State

The closure followed  the directives of Governor Francis Ogbonna Nwifuru to sanitize education system in the State.

The Commissioner for Education Prof. Paul Awo Nwobasi had constituted a highly powered committee on the closure of illegal and substandard schools operating in Ebonyi State.

The committee led by the Senior Special Assistance to the Governor on Education Hon. Peter Nwogbaga uncovered four schools in Onicha LGA where children are being packed together in form of teaching and learning.

Addressing the Proprietors of the respective illegal schools, 

The Senior Special Assistance to the Governor on Education Hon. Peter Nwogbaga while addressing the Proprietors of the respective illegal schools, frowned at what the team  witnessed, describing it as an eyesore. 

Nwogbaga said that government of Ebonyi State under the watch of governor Nwifuru's administration will not allow her children to be packed in a residential rooms, uncompleted building and church halls in the name of schools.

The school shutdown includes; Power Nursery and Primary School Amaofuhu, Open Door Nursery and Primary School Amaofuhu, Anglican Nursery and Primary School Umubo and Prince of Life Nursery and Primary School Umubo.

The Director Inspectorate and Quality Assurance Department in the Ministry of Education, Mr. Anthony Ngwuta warned the affected schools proprietors not to operate again to avoid arrest and prosecution, advising them to visit Ministry of Education on the guidelines and requirements for school establishment.


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