ENROLLING YOUR CHILD AT A PRIVATE SCHOOL IS ILLEGAL - ONDO GOVERNMENT TO TEACHERS AT PUBLIC SCHOOLS

According to the Ondo State Government, it is now illegal for public school teachers to enroll their wards and children in private schools.

The State's Chairman of the Universal Basic Education Board, Victor Olabimtan, asserted that the decline in enrollment in public elementary schools was a result of the development.

Despite its investments in primary education across the State, the government was concerned about the situation, according to a statement released over the weekend by Bisi Agboola, the head of SUBEB's press and information services. The chairman claims that despite government efforts, Agboola "frowned at the dwindling population of pupils in public schools."

He said, "Hon Olabimtan highlighted that the teachers will henceforth be held accountable for any decline in enrollment in schools. The SUBEB chairman condemned in strong terms the attitude of some teachers who are taking their biological children to private schools and ruled that it had become an offence for any public school teacher to take their wards to private schools.

"Olabimtan said Ondo State Government will not relent in its efforts at upgrading school standard, as well as its personnels. The chairman, therefore, charged the teachers to buckle up and do the needful in the area of enrollment drive and shun any act of indolence."

The statement also noted that serving primary school teachers can now advance to level-16 status, just like their civil service counterparts, following the approval of the State government.