Ondo set to close down illegal primary, secondary schools



In a bid to sanitise the education sub-sector in the state, the Ondo State Government has made arrangements to close down all primary and secondary schools found to be operating illegally in the state in January, 2019.

The Director of Schools in the State Ministry of Education, Mr. Fola Dara, disclosed this during a stakeholders’ meeting organised by the Ondo State House of Assembly Committee on Education, Science and Technology, in Akure, the state capital.

Dara, who decried the increasing number of illegal schools in the state, noted that such schools were virtually springing up in every nook and cranny of the state almost every day.

He warned that if the development was not urgently addressed, it would adversely affect the standard of education in the state.

The Chairman of the House committee on Education, Mr. Olusegun Ajimotokin, pledged that the Assembly would throw its weight behind the ministry to rid the state of the presence of illegal schools, which he described as inimical to the development of qualitative education in the state.

Ajimotoki said, “Any school that refuses to comply with the law and policy of government, as far as education is concerned, is not entitled to exist.”

Earlier, the National Association of Proprietors of Private Schools, Ondo State chapter, had written a letter to the House complaining about taxes/levies being charged by various ministries, agencies of government and local government councils in the state.

The NAPPS President in the state, Mr. Derick Ijidakinro, pointed out in the letter that the various charges were killing their businesses. He appealed to the state House of Assembly to come to their rescue.

Ijidakinro, however, explained that his members were ready to pay their taxes as responsible citizens, but the taxes should be harmonised and limited to Annual Renewal Levy, Personal Income Tax, signage and advertisement levy.

In response to the letter, the House Committee Chairman said, “We will continue to sit down and iron out some things so that both government and the proprietors of schools do not lose out.”

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They should restructured them to be government approved.

A welcome development.
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Some of these schools have no compound for the children to play during break.

Some are been "compressed" inside churches meant to be 3 classes but divided into 6 classes. etc

Many of them are in Lagos....

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They should start with all those govt schools with no ceiling or renovated building ... Or they should do sth about it

I have always said it that Governments in this country lack ideas. If you feel that these schools are giving poor quality of service, then Govt-owned schools should set proper examples and illegal private schools would run out of patronage. sadly, we know the conditions of public schools. Hence, by the yardstick of standards, govt owned institutions are the illegal schools that need to be closed. Little wonder why public tertiary institutions are on strike.

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It is to raise money

those kinda skul where buhari obtained his waec cert

Many Streets have about 3 schools in them

Closing a school down because it's not government approved is tagged illegal in my country where there are not enough schools.. Instead of urging schools to be registered and approved you close them down make e for be like say you they work hard without rendering any assistance whatsoever, even the so called government schools are horrible ...anyway sha na afonja them be

Who will close down all these dillapidated public schools with classrooms not fit as goat pen? If the government care so much about quality of education, it should be evident in the public schools.

It's just a strategy to generate money into government purse. Upon hearing this news, the operators will begin to run helter skelter to beat the deadline.

The NAPPS President is worried about the various taxes..... the Director of Schools will continue to hold talks until they come to an agreement where neither of them will lose out......lose out on what? This has everything to do about money and absolutely nothing to do with the quality of education offered to the children.

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They should restructured them to be government approved.

how many government schools in ondo state is equip and up to standard. what I feel the government can do is to loan this private school some certain amount of money and repay back with interest. by that any schools who refused to live to the standard should be close down

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The easiest way to make money is through schools, that's they are rampant this days.

Walahi, this is long over due, could remember my NYSC days in Akure, schools here na complete mess.

It's only in an afonja state the government would destroy a government owned school to build shoprite. If you doubt, come to osun state especially oshogbo and ask of fakunle grammar school turned Mall.

No need closing them instead they should ask how Edo did theirs