Bayelsa Orders Private Schools To Waive First Term Fees
Category: Nigeria News
This decision was reached during a meeting at the Education House in Yenagoa between the state Ministry of Education and the National Association of Proprietors of Private Schools, Nigeria Union of Teachers, and the National Association of Proprietors of Private Schools of Nigeria.
The meeting followed controversy over whether or not the collection of fees for the third term was justifiable in the wake of the Covid-19 pandemic and the devastating flood which forced the government to shut down schools two weeks after resumption in October.
The Commissioner for Education, Gentle Emelah, who presided over the meeting, said the decision was aimed at easing the financial burden on parents.
He said, “For the sake of fairness, the government thought it wise to consider the parents seeing that the pandemic and the flood situation brought hardship to everyone.
“It is very necessary to ease parents of some pressure. There is the need for schools to resume and quickly round off the outstanding third term and immediately resume the first term without a new fee charged for the term.”
Are they going to pay teacher in private schools salary???
ReplyDelete