Oyo govt restates ban on illegal fee collection in public schools

WARDC urges govts to legalise safe school declaration

TFrom ( Ibadan) and ( Abuja) HE Oyo State Government, yesterday, reiterated that the ban on the collection of illegal levies in public schools was still in force, warning that it would deal with anyone contravening the ban.

Chairman, Oyo State Universal Basic Education Board ( OYOSUBEB), Dr Nureniaderemi Adeniran, gave the warning in Ibadan, yesterday while monitoring examinations in schools.

This is coming on the heels of reports that some errant teachers have compelled pupils to pay for the ongoing second- term unified promotion examination for public primary schools.

According to him, the current administration in Oyo state, since inception, had been responsible for the printing of question and answer sheets for its unified examination exercise.

He said that while the government had cancelled the payment of fees by pupils and students in public schools, some errant members of staff still imposed illegal fees in some areas. Chairman of the board, who was accompanied by Coordinating Director of OYOSUBEB, Olaide Ladipo; deputy directors and assistant directors to monitor the schools’ examinations, therefore, urged parents and guardians to report any collection of illegal fees to the Board.

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N another development, the Women Advocates Research and Documentation Centre ( WARDC) has advocated that the safe schools declaration of the Federal Government should have legal backing and be domesticated by state governments to curb the menace of abduction of school children.

This was the outcome of a webinar organised by WARDC, yesterday.