The Chairman of the Oyo State Universal Basic Education Board, Nureni Adeniran, on Thursday, warned lecturers within the state towards the gathering of unlawful levies in public faculties, saying any errant workers caught can be punished.
This is approaching the heels of stories that some errant lecturers compelled pupils to pay for the continuing second time period unified promotion examination for public main faculties.
Adeniran, who gave this warning whereas monitoring the examination train in Ibadan, the state capital, stated the current administration has been accountable for the printing of question-and-answer sheets for its unified examination train since inception of the present authorities.
He defined that the federal government had ensured the examination timetable was adhered to by all faculties within the state.
The chairman stated, “The authorities cancelled the fee of charges by pupils and college students in public, as a result of it found that some errant workers imposed unlawful charges in some areas. I, due to this fact, need to recommendation dad and mom and guardians to report any case of assortment of unlawful charges to the board.
“Let me start by apologising to folks and guardians whose pupils had been pressured to deliver cash for examinations. This just isn’t from the board, and I’ll enchantment to such dad and mom to report the lecturers to the board. The authorities has ensured that every one needed preparations are put in place for a hitch free examination train. We paid for the printing and supply of query and reply sheets.
“We are committed to the free and compulsory universal basic education, hence, no school or head teacher found imposing or collecting any levy not approved by government, will go unpunished.”
Adeniran stated Governor Seyi Makinde had been common within the fee of the state counterpart fund with the Universal Basic Education Commission, including that the board entry its funds and use them to develop infrastructure and capability of personnel.
He additionally counseled the graceful conduct of examination within the centres visited.
The Schools visited on Tuesday had been, Community Basic School 1&2, Olorunsogo; Community Primary School, Olosunde; Atolu Model School 1-4, Oremeji; amongst others, whereas the colleges visited at this time (Thursday) embrace, UAMC School, Eleja, Odo-Ona; AUD Primary School; UMC Basic School, Oke-Ado; Abiola Jacobs Schools 1,2,3; and Army Children School, Iwo-road.