Governor Chukwuma Soludo has suspended four secondary schools principals for non-compliance with the Free Education policy of the Anambra State Government.
They are the principals of Washington Memorial Grammar School Onitsha, Nkem Nkechi, Kenneth Dike Secondary School Awka, Onwurah Catherine, New Era Secondary School Onitsha, Dr. Cordelia Okonkwo, and Amaka Ubaka of Prince Memorial High School Onitsha who were alleged to have acted in contravention of the Governor’s policy on Free Education in the State.
The suspension of the principals was announced by the Commissioner for Education Prof. Ngozi Chuma-Udeh.
The Education Commissioner, stated that a committee has been constituted to investigate the activities of the affected principals, and that if found culpable, the principals would be made to refund the exact amount of money they illegally collected.
Recalled that Governor Soludo had during his visits to Premier Primary School Odume Obosi and Ado Girls Secondary School Onitsha, announced that in line with the Solution Free Education policy, no child from Early Childhood Education and Development up to Junior Secondary three is required to pay any fee whatsoever, while no student in the Senior Secondary should pay anything more than five thousand naira. The policy was further amplified by Governor Soludo during a meeting he had with Principals and Head teachers at the International Convention Center Awka on Saturday twenty third September, 2023.
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