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Rivers Government has closed no fewer than 1,886 schools
operating without government’s approval, Gov. Nyesom Wike said in Port Harcourt
on Tuesday.
Wike made the development known when the management staff of Jesuit
Memorial College, Mbodo-Aluu, paid him a courtesy visit. He said the schools
were shut for failing to meet specified standards of the state Ministry of
education. Rivers State Governor, Nyesom Ezenwo Wike.
He said that parents
patronising the affected schools had been told to relocate their wards before
the next academic session began. According to him, the government will fully
implement measures aimed at strengthening the state education sector by
September. “We want to maintain standards that will uplift education in the
state,” Wike said. Wike also explained that his administration was committed to
transforming the state and empowering its people through an enhanced education
sector. He condemned examination malpractice associated with some illegal
schools operating as West African Examination Council (WAEC) centres in some
remote parts of the state. According to the governor, most illegal schools have
become WAEC magic centres where examination malpractices are promoted. He,
however, commended the management of the Jesuit Memorial College for
establishing a branch in Rivers in honour of the 60 students who died in the
Sosoliso air crash in Port Harcourt on Dec.10, 2005. He assured them of the
state government’s support to ensure that the school served the people better.
Earlier, the Principal of the school, Rev. Emeka Asogwa, explained that the
school was established in memory of the 60 students of Jesuit Memorial College,
Abuja, who died in the air crash. He commended the state government for
partnering the school in infrastructural development. He also appealed to the
governor to assist the school to get the Certificate of Occupancy for the 21
hectare of land allocated to it by the state government.
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