Delta threatens to close substandard private schools

The Delta State Government has said it would close more private primary and secondary schools, which do not conform with approved standards.
The Commissioner for Basic and Secondary Education, Prof. Patrick Muoboghare, made this known to newsmen in Asaba on Friday.
The state closed 60 private primary and secondary schools for operating illegally.
Muoboghare said the government had resolved to close all private schools that failed to conform to standards.
He also urged those operating in temporary sites to move to their permanent sites.
He said: “All ramshackled schools will be closed down.
“Some found not to have met the standards have been asked to move to their permanent sites.”
Muoboghare noted that the action was necessary to correct the ills in the education sector.
He said that most parents were not aware of the harm they cause their children with such schools.
He added that the beauty of education was for a child to be proud of his or her school.
The commissioner said that the state had 1,430 primary and 647 secondary schools.
The commissioner noted that the public schools were now better funded, equipped and free from primary to secondary levels.
He also said that the ministry would from September ensure that no public school had more than 40 students in a class.
Muoboghare explained that the return of some secondary schools to their original owners was a well thought out policy to ensure all students were enrolled.