Adamu Adamu, minister of education, has threatened to sack principals of Unity Colleges who do not adhere with the directive of collecting authorised school fees.
According to Ben Goong, a director in the ministry of education, Adamu gave the warning in response to reports that some principals were collecting fees well over the amount stipulated by the ministry.
Goong said the minister had directed that all authorised cost items, including boarding fees must be communicated to parents in writing and copied to the ministry before any payment could be demanded.
“For the avoidance of doubt, the authorised school fees for Unity Colleges for the 2016/2017 academic year has been placed on the ministry’s website – www.education.gov.ng,” Goong quoted Adamu as saying.
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“Any school principal who collects or has collected a penny outside the authorised fees as clearly stated must refund same to affected parents or guardians immediately.”
He also advised parents whose wards were in unity colleges to report any infraction on the directive to the federal ministry of education for appropriate sanction.
The minister said one of the pillars of his ministerial action plan, ‘Education for Change’, which would soon be launched, was to make education accessible and affordable to all Nigerians.
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He said he would not tolerate any act capable of sabotaging the goal.
Adamu said the time had come for “Nigerians to enjoy the benefits of ‘Change’ which they voted for and I will stop at nothing to deliver same in the education sector”.
He said one of the reasons for the recent harmonisation of fees in unity colleges was to ensure that parents paid averagely less as well as eliminate indiscriminate collections.
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