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Hmmm ... non transferrable text books. How did parents and the education ministry allow this to happen? Nursery school graduation? .... when parents struggling to feed their kids? These school proprietors just be focused on exploiting parents....not quality of education. And we wonder why sooo many graduates cannot represent their certificates .

Edo state set the precedence, its nice to copy good and people oriented reforms. nice one

AmenableSon:
Check your quote. I have corrected myself before you quote me.

I quoted you immediately I saw it, and I only saw 2 comments before i started typing my own..... Na people like you no dey accept correction

pesty100:
how is this even going to work? there are just too many things that can go wrong, the governor didn't really think through it before promulgating this policy

It's a law that can't stand and the schools as private establishments that they are have a right to set their own rules,if you don't like it send your kids to the schools the govt built,simple!!

If govt had invested in education as appropriate and provided standard schools 90% of parents won't seek private options......expect cost of books to go up,school fees and other levies...... graduation parties were never compulsory but it's the feel among attitude of parents that made it a burden onto themselves,at best we won't call it graduation party but find another name to call it

Pravedk:
Long overdue. This rubbish must stop.

I inherited uniforms, textbooks and even sometimes old notes from my elder brother.

And I enjoyed it. Cos dude was more serious than I. His books were nearly laminated.

Why should a parent have same textbooks from older siblings but cannot give it to the younger ones cos the school have a stupid policy of always buying new. So what do I do with the ones I don't need at home?

Na that one dey vex me pass with private schools. Party own I no send.

And yes. Some extra lessons are too much. My child should leave that school by 2pm. Let them go and play small.

We closed by 2pm and we turned out great.

are these the priorities of a govt that has much more pressing matters? All these things u complained about can be easily gotten in public schools, take your kid to a public school, it is not compulsory for you to be in a private school if you cannot afford the expenses.

This news is sweet to my ears

Lukuluku69:
Publishers and Bookshop owners won't like this but it is a step in the right direction. I mean how do I buy a Text Book that expires in just One Academic Session because the Work book and some Assignments are included in the same Book?

Also, Private Schools won't like this because they make a fortune from making Parents buy Books every session. No child can pass on a Text Book to another sibling even with as little as one or two years gap.

A Good Call if you ask me.

The Governor is a Catholic Priest - I think,so we know the areas he is Coming from.
But Is Nigeria-Not. Free State?
Can't I device different Methods of winning the Parents,the School Management of Running An Organisation,-So Far The Parents of the School is not Complaining?
Is it the Public that Runs the School Or the Ingenuity of the Organisers?
•Is this a Public Sector OR A Private Sector Affairs?
How Many of The Public Schools in question ❓ have Out Performed these Private ONES- we are talking about.
•Governors- should Not Dable Into Private Affairs but They Can Suggest In Minimising the Trends.
Just TRUTH AND FACTS 😁!

Pravedk:
Long overdue. This rubbish must stop.

I inherited uniforms, textbooks and even sometimes old notes from my elder brother.

And I enjoyed it. Cos dude was more serious than I. His books were nearly laminated.

Why should a parent have same textbooks from older siblings but cannot give it to the younger ones cos the school have a stupid policy of always buying new. So what do I do with the ones I don't need at home?

Na that one dey vex me pass with private schools. Party own I no send.

And yes. Some extra lessons are too much. My child should leave that school by 2pm. Let them go and play small.

We closed by 2pm and we turned out great.

Exactly.
Play time for children is as important as class time.

abidem4real:
Good one. It is high time private school unnecessary extortions stopped. Like Edo like Benue🙌🏾🙌🏾🙌🏾🙌🏾🙌🏾

If private schools decide to go on strike over this,do you know the kind of educational crises you wou6have on your hands,can govt schools absorb all the students and teachers.....this isn't a well thought out policy at all.....if you can't cope with the requirements of my school,send your kids to the school govt built, simple!!

Lithiumite:
It's a law that can't stand and the schools as private establishments that they are have a right to set their own rules,if you don't like it send your kids to the schools the govt built,simple!!

If govt had invested in education as appropriate and provided standard schools 90% of parents won't seek private options......expect cost of books to go up,school fees and other levies...... graduation parties were never compulsory but it's the feel among attitude of parents that made it a burden onto themselves,at best we won't call it graduation party but find another name to call it

One of the school owners.
When Lagos introduced uniform academic calendar, why you no talk sey you have your own rule as a business owner?
Sue the state if you are not comfortable with it.
Waiting for similar policy in Lagos and Ogun.

OlujobaSamuel:
One of the school owners.
When Lagos introduced uniform academic calendar, why you no talk sey you have your own rule as a business owner?
Sue the state if you are not comfortable with it.
Waiting for similar policy in Lagos and Ogun.

Lagos State will struggle to implement this. The private schools are run by people who have connections to State and Federal Govts (it's why schools like Dowen College had a police car parked outside their gates for months, after the Sylvester case and why Chrisland College had a student get electrocuted and weren't shut down or investigated by Ministry of Education).

The publishers don't have as much clout but they make good money in Lagos state. They already act above the law (certain publishers won't sell you quality textbooks if your school is small).

Personally, I would insist all schools with less than 100 students be closed down. Then pump heavy funding and research and updates into Govt Primary schools, because they have the capacity to accept a greater number of students. Easier to keep an eye on them.

Lithiumite:
If private schools decide to go on strike over this,do you know the kind of educational crises you wou6have on your hands,can govt schools absorb all the students and teachers.....this isn't a well thought out policy at all.....if you can't cope with the requirements of my school,send your kids to the school govt built, simple!!

Go on strike if you want to.
How does other charges or levies affect tuition fee?
You have collected your tuition, inflate uniform attire, introduced about 4/5attire for 5days in a week in the name of Montessori that majority of you don't even know the meaning.
I used just a pair of uniform throughout primary school, ditto for secondary.
Went to be best of primary school in my neighborhood, yet I never recollect buying a single pen from the school, I was given list of books only and got my books at the bookshop.
If you can't survive on tuition, close the school and start another business

Onegai:
Lagos State will struggle to implement this. The private schools are run by people who have connections to State and Federal Govts (it's why schools like Dowen College had a police car parked outside their gates for months, after the Sylvester case and why Chrisland College had a student get electrocuted and weren't shut down or investigated by Ministry of Education).

The publishers don't have as much clout but they make good money in Lagos state. They already act above the law (certain publishers won't sell you quality textbooks if your school is small).

Personally, I would insist all schools with less than 100 students be closed down. Then pump heavy funding and research and updates into Govt Primary schools, because they have the capacity to accept a greater number of students. Easier to keep an eye on them.

This is false. Lagos shutdown Chrisland and Dowen.
You don't expect the school to be permanently closed down because of an infraction.
It will only be shutdown for a period to either resolve the infraction or gather the needed evidence, and then let the school continue with her operations.

Lithiumite:
The law can't stand,send your kids to govt schools simple.......there is a limit that govt can control private businesses.

You don't know what you're saying. Government control the education sector, issue curriculum, give resumption and closing dates even the text books must be approved by the government. Education and health are not just any private business

Very good, Kudos to the governor. Lagos State should do same, I check my son's stappled school fees teller yesterday and I found that Christmas party payment is the last teller, very proactive in a wrong way, they are very good in lining out your payment, this is August for Christ sake.

I remember in the late 80s and early 90s you and your siblings can use same textbook, I guess the schools and the authors are in agreement to make it in such a way that the textbooks are not transferable, as they are trying to make money, they should please consider the parents too. Wicked people everywhere.

OlujobaSamuel:
Go on strike if you want to.
How does other charges or levies affect tuition fee?
You have collected your tuition, inflate uniform attire, introduced about 4/5attire for 5days in a week in the name of Montessori that majority of you don't even know the meaning.
I used just a pair of uniform throughout primary school, ditto for secondary.
Went to be best of primary school in my neighborhood, yet I never recollect buying a single pen from the school, I was given list of books only and got my books at the bookshop.
If you can't survive on tuition, close the school and start another business

take your child to a government school or better yet, take them to this school your graduated from. why are you telling people how to run their business? is school a charity organisation, don't they pay taxes?

I hope the government focuses on university lectures who sell the same handouts to students every year. Every body want to hustle.

Starships4u:
These same things should be implemented in Federal Schools....both Unity Schools and Universities....

Not just State or Local Schools....

federal universities don't have any restrictions whatsoever

BMCSlayer:
take your child to a government school or better yet, take them to this school your graduated from. why are you telling people how to run their business? is school a charity organisation, don't they pay taxes?

Has anyone complained about the tuition you charge??
So you don't know schools are classified as non profit organisation?
You thought schools are treated like your regular trading company

Lithiumite:
If private schools decide to go on strike over this,do you know the kind of educational crises you wou6have on your hands,can govt schools absorb all the students and teachers.....this isn't a well thought out policy at all.....if you can't cope with the requirements of my school,send your kids to the school govt built, simple!!

Go on strike because they're asked to stop what is not right? Is it reasonable to you that a kid of 3 years is doing graduation ceremony and asked to pay huge amount? Graduation to where? What is the use of kg certificate?
The government has not fixed their school fees nor the bus fees. Those ones are legitimate. But what is the rationale behind being forced to buy same text books for your junior child when the one used by the elder one is still okay?

MistyDense:
Governor of Benue State, Rev. Fr. Dr. Hyacinth Iormem Alia, has introduced far-reaching reforms in the state’s education sector to protect parents, reduce exploitative practices, and make learning more accessible for children.

Under the new policy framework, schools are directed to abolish the use of customized exercise and textbooks that restrict transfer to other learners, thereby restoring the traditional practice where senior students can pass down books to their juniors. The Governor also ordered the discontinuation of compulsory after-school lessons, except where parents give consent, as well as the abolition of mandatory graduation ceremonies
for kindergarten, nursery, and basic schools.

These reforms, to be implemented from the first term of the 2025/2026 academic session, are designed to relieve parents of unnecessary financial burdens while ensuring that education remains people-focused and affordable.

To ensure smooth implementation, a consultative meeting with school proprietors, Parent-Teacher Associations, and other education stakeholders has been scheduled for Tuesday, August 26, 2025. Governor Alia has assured that his administration will continue to prioritize policies that uplift families and guarantee quality education for every child in Benue State.

This is commendable. It was supposed to be The Federal Govt Policy. All States should implement this.

BMCSlayer:
take your child to a government school or better yet, take them to this school your graduated from. why are you telling people how to run their business? is school a charity organisation, don't they pay taxes?

You mean the government should let the education of the citizen be run the way they like because the schools pay taxes? Would you also say the same for private hospitals?

The problem is, these textbooks inculcate workbooks or assignments that the kids have to do in the textbooks. I think they need to go back to textbooks being textbooks and any assignment should be done in the note, not a workbook or in the textbook itself.

Let Rivers State follow in this noble step, though this might be difficult here in Rivers State as most of the private schools belong to govement officials, either past or present but it is doable.
Let the exploitation stop!

Ameboperoo:
Go on strike because they're asked to stop what is not right? Is it reasonable to you that a kid of 3 years is doing graduation ceremony and asked to pay huge amount? Graduation to where? What is the use of kg certificate?
The government has not fixed their school fees nor the bus fees. Those ones are legitimate. But what is the rationale behind being forced to buy same text books for your junior child when the one used by the elder one is still okay?

I wonder ooo
Why should textbooks be compulsory in the first instance.
Textbook is meant for you to read ahead or review what you learnt.
A lesson time is 35 to 45mins, will you be using that opportunity to flip through textbook or listen to what the teacher is saying. I have been taught by teachers that won't even allow you bring out your textbook. I had another that takes maths, he will ask us to bring out our different textbooks, pick questions from the same topic from each and solve it for us to understand.
You get home, you relate with classmates from other schools, talk about a particular topic and even find solutions together.

Lithiumite:
It's a law that can't stand and the schools as private establishments that they are have a right to set their own rules,if you don't like it send your kids to the schools the govt built,simple!!

If govt had invested in education as appropriate and provided standard schools 90% of parents won't seek private options......expect cost of books to go up,school fees and other levies...... graduation parties were never compulsory but it's the feel among attitude of parents that made it a burden onto themselves,at best we won't call it graduation party but find another name to call it

let the book price go up in as much siblings can reuse it. Why are people w*cked in exhausting others. Even during 90s and early 2000s, private schools students do reused books. All of a sudden, they changed it. Did they inform government before they took that steps? Yet, they exhausting money from parents, giving too many assignments to pupils, no time to think or play. Then what's the teachers work if u give like 10 assignments to pupils of nursery 2. Parents will not have time over the weekend than to be helping their wards doing bulks of assignments.

Mindlog:
Nice one.

Parents can now buy notebooks of their choice and children can use their older siblings' textbooks.

For some higher classes, right?

This is a welcome development. And it should be replicated in all the states of Nigeria. As a matter of fact, the law should be made at the National assembly. These people rip parents of too much and that is pure greed.

How on earth would one buy a textbook for an elementary school pupil, costing #5 to #10k on many subjects and they all expire in just one academic session . The younger ones cannot even use the same textbooks used by them. It is rubbish!

Someone should pls tag the minister of education and the Senate president on Twitter. We want this stopped!

princeade86:
let the book price go up in as much siblings can reuse it. Why are people w*cked in exhausting others. Even during 90s and early 2000s, private schools students do reused books. All of a sudden, they changed it. Did they inform government before they took that steps? Yet, they exhausting money from parents, giving too many assignments to pupils, no time to think or play. Then what's the teachers work if u give like 10 assignments to pupils of nursery 2. Parents will not have time over the weekend than to be helping their wards doing bulks of assignments.

Well said.

However, a good teacher knows how to moderate the necessary work for a learner, keeping in view the fact that the child needs good grooming to avoid examination insult

OlujobaSamuel:
Go on strike if you want to.
How does other charges or levies affect tuition fee?
You have collected your tuition, inflate uniform attire, introduced about 4/5attire for 5days in a week in the name of Montessori that majority of you don't even know the meaning.
I used just a pair of uniform throughout primary school, ditto for secondary.
Went to be best of primary school in my neighborhood, yet I never recollect buying a single pen from the school, I was given list of books only and got my books at the bookshop.
If you can't survive on tuition, close the school and start another business

Very NAIVE Comments!
You want to shut down the Schools , even with 50 students/ Pulpils - apart from Employment generation,which You can do,how about the Knowledge Based they passed around the Society Or
- Do you now say- because they die end of graduation 🎓 their respective School - you are offended,eh,?
Don't you think 🧐 every thing should be beyond peripheral and,
- are they not on true Academic and Practical Teaching - which is the True Knowledge Development?
Some of you have Jaundice Eyes- you see ALL THINGS AS yellow 🟡!

So you didn't consult stakeholders in the sector before making pronouncements, nawa. A good policy though, I am waiting for Lagos state government to announce the ban.

OlujobaSamuel:
One of the school owners.
When Lagos introduced uniform academic calendar, why you no talk sey you have your own rule as a business owner?
Sue the state if you are not comfortable with it.
Waiting for similar policy in Lagos and Ogun.

I am not a school owner and I don't know anyone in my family who is,I am just an objective analyst who has a problem with a govt who is only trying to be politically correct without addressing the main cause of the problem.....u don't uproot cancer from the top but from the bottom.