The proactive Commissioner for Basic and Secondary Education, Mr. Patrick Ukah, warned such schools would be made to face appropriate penalties.
In a statement on Tuesday 13th October 2020, in Asaba, Mr. Ukah, revealed that officials of the ministry have been ordered to visit private schools in the state to fish out defaulters.
He noted that the state is implementing phased resumption of schools because of the Covid-19 pandemic and critical stakeholders in the education sector are of the opinion that nursery/pri-primary pupils would resume academic activities in January 2021.
Mr. Ukah, advised parents and guardians not to take their children and wards in the aforementioned classes to school as government has not approved the resumption of academic activities for them.
The Basic and Secondary Education Commissioner cautioned private school proprietors who are contravening the state government’s directive to retrace their steps or face appropriate punishment.
