SOLUDO DEMOTES SIX TEACHERS FOR LEVYING PUPILS N200 TOILET FEE
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Teachers and school administrators who are reportedly undermining Governor Chukwuma Soludo’s free and compulsory education program have received a severe warning from the Anambra State Universal Basic Education Board, or ASUBEB.
According to the board, six educators were fired for undermining the state’s educational system by charging for various services.
This was revealed by ASUBEB Executive Chairman Dr. Vera Nkiru Nwadinobi during a news conference held in her office on Wednesday.
She listed the defaulting headteachers who were sacked as Mrs Okoye Uju of Awada Primary School, Mrs Nwafor Eunice Nwanneka of Awada Primary School, Mrs Nwakaku Patience Obioma of Awada Primary School, Mrs Aniwetalu Elizabeth Ekene of Awada Primary School, Mrs Odionu Gloria Nkolika of Awada Primary School, and Mrs Muluako Augustine Chinwe, also of Awada Primary School.
She claimed that they have been ordered to recoup all of the money that was received from students, turn it over to the next highest officer, and resign from their posts.
Nwadinobi underlined that the state government will no longer put up with such careless behavior and will suggest that any headteacher or principal who violates the free education policy be fired immediately.
In addition to the 5,000 instructors hired in 2022, she claimed the government has hired 3,115 more teachers and eliminated PTA levies.
In order to combat corruption in the educational system, the Board called on the public to work with it and the state government. Parents and guardians were also tasked with reporting any teacher or school administrator who demanded unapproved payments to the proper authorities.
According to Nwadinobi, an investigative team found concerning instances of extortion in a number of public schools, including Awada Primary School 1-6 in Obosi, exposing the extent of systemic sabotage.
“The investigative team discovered that head teachers in the impacted schools were charging for extra lessons, blue pens, red pens, and marker ink fillers,” she said.
Even though the state government provides N50,000 per month for operating costs and interest to cover such expenses, the headteachers allegedly persuaded the Parent-Teacher Association (PTA) to agree that each child would pay N200 for the cleaning of the school restrooms.
Fees for compiled questions and answers for both verbal and quantitative subjects, some novels, lesson fees, send-forth for retiring or transferred teachers, burial levy, Common Entrance Exam fees over the officially authorized N2,900, exam portal, and passport photos are among the other illegal fees that the investigative team found.
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