Education
RSG To Sanction Principals Over Illegal Fees
The Rivers State Government says stringent measures would be employed to check the high rate of collection of unapproved fees in various secondary schools across the state by school Principals.
The State Chairman of Senior Secondary School Board (SSSB), Chief David Briggs gave this indication in a meeting with major stakeholders in education in his office in Port Harcourt over the weekend.
Chief Briggs said the meeting became necessary in view of attitude of some principals in the state who are still collecting unapproved fees from parents despite the state government’s warning, adding that, government would employ tough measures against those principals that would henceforth flout the directive.
According to him, the state government had recently suspended some principals who were caught in the act of collecting illegal fees from students and later recalled them back after they were mandated to refund the monies to the students with a view to serve as a deterrent to others.
He averred that, despite the punitive measures applied by the board against the erring principals, the trend still persisted among principals across the schools in the state.
The state chairman of SSSB disclosed that investigation conducted by the board reveals that some principals have resumed the collection of unauthorized fees from parents and warned those principals indulging in the act to desist or be prepared to face the full weight of the law.
“Our investigations reveal that some public school principals and school management have resumed illegal fees again. We had explored an intermediate measure, some were suspended and directed to refund the money and later recalled them back.”
“We thought that the moderate measures that should have deterred them was employed yet it persisted, we will employ extreme measures according to the law, dismissal, termination, demotion pending on evidence at hand,” he stated.
The River State Commissioner for Education, Dr Peters Nwagor has called on media practitioners in Rivers State to deploy their various communication platforms toward promoting government programmes and policies aimed at achieving sustainable development in the education sector. Dr. Nwagor made the appeal when members of the Etche Ethnic Practicing Journalists (EEPJ) paid him a courtesy visit in Office in Port Harcourt. The Commissioner emphasized the strategic role of the media in shaping public perception, promoting government initiatives, and supporting policies capable of improving the quality of education and human capital development in the state. According to him, constructive media engagement remains essential in creating public awareness on educational reforms, students’ welfare, infrastructural improvements, and other interventions being implemented by the state government. Speaking on the recent appro
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