Education
Wike Stops Sanitation Fees In Private Schools …As RSG Withdraws Licences of 16 Schools
The Rivers State Governor, Chief Nyesom Wike, has ordered private schools in the state to stop paying sanitation fees to government agencies and parastatals till further notice.
Giving the directive last Friday at Government House, Port Harcourt during a meeting with heads of private schools in the State, the Governor emphasised that since government ultimately pays for refuse disposal, there is no need for the schools to pay.
“If the students leave their refuse in the centre of the road, who picks them? Government. Who pays those people who pick the refuse? Government.
“So, government pays for your refuse, you pay sanitation to who? Government. We will sort out all these things so that all these payments and non-payments will not happen again,” the governor said.
Governor Wike further explained that until the modalities are worked out with the appropriate authority, there is no need for any school to pay sanitation fee to anybody or agency.
The governor also ordered for the withdrawal of the licences of 16 schools for failing to attend the meeting, which, he said, was scheduled to iron out discrepancies in the educational system.
The schools are Charles Dale Memorial International School, Bereton Montessori Nursery/Primary School, Aladumo High School, Beulahland Standard Nursery/Primary School and Jephthah Comprehensive Secondary School as well as Royal Girls Academy.
Others are Graceland International Secondary School, the Grove Nursery/Primary School, Trinitate International Secondary School, Brookstone Secondary School, UNIPORT International Secondary School and Greenoak International School.
Also included are St. Benedict Immaculate Canadian Academy Secondary School, Kateville International High School, Goldsprings High School and Montessori International Nursery/Primary School.
“All schools that are not approved will be shut down immediately because we cannot continue to have illegal schools that government does not know of their existence”, Governor Wike concluded.
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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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