Enugu govt shuts down six illegal schools

The Enugu State government has shut down six illegal schools in the state.

The state’s Commissioner for Education, Prof. Ndubueze Mbah, disclosed this on Saturday during the enforcement of the government’s policy on ways to improve the quality of education in the state.

Mbah said the exercise was put together to rid the state of poor education quality and skill deficiency.

Some of the affected schools were Evangel School, Ivory Education Centre located along Owerri Road, Asata, and Eastview Nursery and Primary School at Railway Quarters, Njemanze.

Others were St. Michael Nursery and Primary School, Asata, St. Bartholomew Nursery, Primary and Secondary School, Asata, and Olive Grove Nursery and Primary Academy, Njemanze.

The commissioner said the exercise followed the ministry’s earlier directive requiring all the operators of educational institutions at the Basic and Secondary School levels to comply with the state regulations.

He stressed that the government made registration and approval by the ministry mandatory for any school to operate.

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Mbah said: “We sensitised our people about the State government’s education policy and how education must align with the most advanced global practices if our children can have a chance to acquire 21st Century skills and modern workforce knowledge and be able to compete with their global peers.

“We gave them four months grace for all schools yet to register or obtain provisional licences to do so.

“And we are doing this to checkmate abuses and restore the dignity of education in our state.”

He expressed regret that some of the schools were operating under open-roof, fallen rafters, and severely cracked walls housing hundreds of pupils in abysmal learning environments.

He said the situation was in complete disregard of the rules guiding the establishment and management of educational institutions.

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