Abia State government says Principals and Heads of public schools in the State who still collect school fees and levies from pupils, may lose their jobs for flaunting the State's free education policy in Primary and Junior secondary classes.
The Commissioner for information, Okey Kanu who disclosed this in Umuahia on Monday while briefing Journalists on the outcome of this week's executive council meeting presided over by Governor Alex Otti, said that such school heads would face full wrath of the law.
He said the Principals and school heads have been recieving imprest to run their schools and had no justification to indulge in corrupt and dishonest acts of illegal fees collection.
“By this warning all offenders henceforth, would be made to face the full wrath of the law including possibly losing their jobs”, Kanu said.
He also announced that the State's Executive Council approved the recruitment of technical and vocational subjects where the State is suffering acute shortage of teachers.
According to him, the fresh recruitment followed the recent conclusion of the interview for 5,000 teachers by the Ministry of Basic and Secondary education.
The Commissioner informed that that the State Executive Council has equally approved the construction of a General Hospital in Ukwa East LGA to boost secondary health.
Also speaking to the press, Commissioner for Basic and Secondary education, Goodluck Ubochi clarified that the State government’s free and compulsory education policy applies only to primary and junior secondary levels, explaining that SS1 to SS3 students are to be paying a reduced tuition fee of N3,300 only.
