Education
SSSB Warns Principals Against Ilegal Fees Collection
The Senior Secondary Schools Board (SSSB), has warned principals in public secondary schools to desist from collecting illegal fees from students, saying anyone caught in the act would not be spared.
The Chairman of the Board, Chief Alwell Onyeso dropped down the warning during an interactive session with principals of public Secondary Schools at Model Girls’ Secondary School Rumueme in Port Harcourt.
Chief Onyeso said Principals should not collect illegal levies assuring them that their imprests have been increased by the state government.
According to him, imprests given to Principals have been regular, but it does not come when it should come, but it has been regular. Before I came into office, they had written, I got it out and I gave to them that of last year, so this year, it is out, it is for me to get the funds and I will give to them.
Chief Onyeso, who was answering questions from journalists denied knowledge of any Principal or a teacher of public schools who runs a private school with illegal levies collected from school adding that if he is furnished with concrete information, he would take action.
“If you furnish me with anybody who has collected, the money will be returned to the owner, to the last kobo, the money will be refunded”, he assured.
The SSSB Chairman noted that teaching is a noble profession urging the principals and teachers to take their job seriously.
He said the teachers are training those who would take over and become leaders of tomorrow, and added; “students are a class of people that must be taken seriously, so we want to let the principals know that we expect more than we have offered so far”.
He explained that the Rivers State government is working towards the restoration of boarding school system saying that it would be difficult to have discipline without a boarding system.
Responding at the meeting, the President of All Nigeria Conference of Principals of Public Schools (ANOPPS), Dr. Augusta Fubara, decried lack of funds in running the schools, saying that their salaries are too small.
She emphasised that most of the public secondary schools lack facilities such as security, water, power, laboratories, libraries among others and called on the state government to provide such facilities to make teaching and learning very effective.
Eunice Choko-Kayode
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