{"id":3497,"date":"2013-05-11T13:27:50","date_gmt":"2013-05-11T13:27:50","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/disnaija.com\/nigeria-news\/ogun-shuts-down-160-illegal-schools\/"},"modified":"2013-05-11T13:27:50","modified_gmt":"2013-05-11T13:27:50","slug":"ogun-shuts-down-160-illegal-schools","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/disnaija.com\/ogun-shuts-down-160-illegal-schools\/","title":{"rendered":"Ogun shuts down 160 illegal schools"},"content":{"rendered":"
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By Citizens Platform<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n

About 160 schools operating illegally have been shut down in Ogun state. The state Commissioner for Education, Science and Technology, Mr. Segun Odubela, said this on Friday in Abeokuta.<\/p>\n

Odubela said in a report he issued on the kick-off of the second phase of the clampdown on illegal schools, that the affected schools were shut within the last two weeks of the exercise.<\/p>\n

He said the state government was committed to putting a stop to the menace of illegal schools<\/p>\n

In his words \u201cbecause some people who are not qualified to provide education or whose premises do not meet the required standard are insistent on operating illegal schools as a money-making venture.\u201d<\/p>\n

\u201cAmong the 160 illegal schools were some staffed by persons with no formal education beyond primary level. In one case, a proprietor housed children within her provisions store, regularly leaving the children to attend to customers. Others were found operating in dangerous uncompleted buildings and other unsuitable premises.\u201d<\/p>\n

He however stated that the registration status of every private school in the state will now be confirmed and those unregistered but found capable of meeting the requisite standard would be given the opportunity to regularise their status while those considered not capable of meeting the requirements would be immediately shut down.<\/p>\n

He commended the education policies of the Governor Ibikunle Amosun-led administration \u201cIn addition to abolishing school fees and providing free education, including the distribution of free textbooks and infrastructural materials to public schools, the government has a statutory duty to regulate education being provided in the private sector\u201d He said.<\/p>\n

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