In a bid to increase access to quality education, Rivers State Governor, Nyesom Ezenwo Wike, has announced the total abolition of all forms of fees and levies in public primary and secondary schools across the state.

Wike directed state-owned primary and secondary schools to stop collecting fees and levies from students and pupils with immediate effect.

He stated that henceforth, the State Government will be sending direct allocations to all primary and secondary schools management for their operations.

The Governor spoke on Monday during a meeting with the heads of primary and secondary schools, Rivers State Senior Secondary Schools Board and State Universal Basic Education Board at the Government House Port Harcourt.

He said: “From today henceforth, no child either in primary and secondary schools should pay fees and levies in any school across the State.

“The monies you collect from these children are just used for your personal purposes. If I hear that any school head collects any fees or levies, be they examination, NECO or WAEC fees, that school head would be sanctioned.

“We shall not only dismiss the school head who collects fees or levies, we will prosecute the person involved.

“Government will work out grants that will be sent to the schools for their regular management and operations.”

Wike directed the State Ministry of Education, the Rivers State Senior Secondary Schools Board and the State Universal Basic Education Board to monitor all public schools across the state to ensure compliance.

The Governor stated that the administration funds the salaries, allowances, examinations and equipment of all public schools. He assured parents that his administration will remain committed to the provision of quality education, which is accessible to the less privileged.

“I have abolished all fees and levies and it will never happen again in our public primary and Secondary schools. Nobody should collect fees and levies from the children of the less privileged,” he said.




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What about implementation of new minimum wage?

Something Lagos state has been doing in the time of Tinubu and Fashola

badboywizzy:
Something Lagos state has been doing in the time of Tinubu and Fashola

oloshi...who ask you?

Lol have rivers state schools ever paid fees ? Neco is even free self what is this man talking about

I attended baptist high school borokiri 2003 to 2009 and never paid a kobo to the school �

He should look into the infrastructure disrepair of some public schools especially the one in Rumuapara.

Some of these schools you have 30 desks and 150 students in a class, Teachers don't have desks.

simonlee:

oloshi...who ask you?

Baba e ati mama e ni Oloshi

Free education is no more a news in south west .Mr Governor do something else.

Wow, great

For how long Sir?

Seyi Makinde was the first to do that, now its wike, Even the blind can see how the PDP governors are working tirelessly, but we can't say the same to their APC counterparts.


Abeg wetin yahaya bello don do for kogi people lol

For that disgusting river state

Good one soldier.

badboywizzy:
Something Lagos state has been doing in the time of Tinubu and Fashola

na wa ooo which country Lagos dey?

they will still pay for lesson and computer fee, if u know u know!!

But this a nice move by the governor, I love Wike

Good!
Now we're talking ...

Wike is da real bomb among governors�

Mr. Project, ride on. We dey your back.


May thunder fire any teacher who will invent any form of extortion in Rivers State.

mrvitalis:
Lol have rivers state schools ever paid fees ? Neco is even free self what is this man talking about

I attended baptist high school borokiri 2003 to 2009 and never paid a kobo to the school �

Wow. You're such a young guy. If you're too old you're 28. I really admire your intellectual output on this forum. Kudos.


Wike suspended free tuition when he became governor, now he's reinstated it. Welldone to him.

So with all the monies available to that state, basic education hasn't been free? Somebody please tell me that basic education is free in Bayelsa, Delta, Cross River and Akwa Ibom too or else I faint now.

Lol
Na cultist em go still b las las

Since the time of Ameachi it has been free... Na ignorant people dem fit deceive...

Free education has aways been declared by all the govs since 1999 in Rivers state yet our children still pay various feels in school and the govt will do nothing but why free education when the schools are under staffs and poorly equipped.

It's more honourable to pay for services rendered to you. It's valued better.

Rather subsidize the fees.

Uche onye adi ya njo

jnrbayano:
It's more honourable to pay for services rendered to you. It's valued better.

Rather subsidize the fees.

Uche onye adi ya njo

GOVERNMENT SCHOOLS are free in the US, UK and AUSTRALIA.
People start paying when they get to COLLEGES.
In fact Grants are awarded to students.
Education is a RIGHT and not a privilege
U still see it as a privilege.
They have gone beyond what you are thinking now