The Edo State Government, through its Ministry of Education, has revoked the operational license of Faith Immaculate College and Liberty Primary School and ordered the immediate shutdown of Vision Land Primary School and Future Leaders Primary School due to gross examination misconduct, unauthorized enrollment, and a tragic loss of life.
Future Leaders Primary School, located in Ovia North East Local Government Area, was the school attended by the late Nathan Paul Spencer. The 12-year-old boy, whose proprietor registered him to sit for the Middle Basic Assessment Examination at Liberty Primary School in Egor Local Government Area, and tragically drowned on his way to the exam.
Meanwhile, the proprietor of Faith Immaculate College and Vision Land Primary School took 196 students who were not enrolled for the Middle Basic Assessment Examination to an exam center, in a bid to divert payments away from the state’s internally generated revenue (IGR) a serious violation of examination and financial regulations.
Officials from the Edo State Ministry of Education Led by the Director planning Research and Statistics, Mr Orire Gabriel and the state taskforce on tuesday went round the schools to seal and official hand them the letters as directed .
Director of Planning, Research, and Statistics at the Ministry of Education, Mr. Orire Gabriel, explained the reasons behind the government’s actions. He urged all private school owners who are yet to register their schools to do so within seven days to avoid similar sanctions.
Provisions have been made to relocate students who registered and are writing the ongoing National Examination Council (NECO) exams at some of the schools visited.