Ebonyi govt bans graduation parties, assignments in textbooks

The Ebonyi State Government has announced a prohibition connected graduation ceremonies and different practices successful nursery, superior and secondary schools successful the state. 

The Commissioner for Education in Ebonyi State, Donatus Ilang, announced this successful a connection connected Monday. 

Mr Ilang said the authorities authorities has besides banned graduation ceremonies for pre-basic and kindergarten schools.

He stressed that specified events would present beryllium reserved exclusively for those who successfully implicit Junior Secondary (JSS3) and Senior Secondary (SS3) education.

Mr Ilang besides announced a prohibition connected penning assignments connected textbooks, saying the inaugural was intended to alteration siblings reuse specified textbooks and trim schoolhouse expenses connected parents.

The commissioner explained that the decisions were successful enactment with Governor Francis Nwifuru’s People’s Charter of Needs docket and the state’s argumentation connected acquisition reform.

He said the authorities authorities has directed each schools successful the state, some nationalist and private, to follow a unified acceptable of government-approved textbooks.

Mr Ilang said the argumentation was aimed astatine standardising learning materials and ensuring uniformity crossed the acquisition system.

He stressed that arsenic portion of the reforms, each government-approved textbooks volition beryllium successful usage for astatine slightest 4 years earlier review.

“To alteration reuse by younger siblings, students are prohibited from penning assignments oregon notes wrong the (text) books,” helium said.

Closure of unapproved schools

Mr Ilang further announced the contiguous closure of each “unapproved and unqualified faith-based and backstage schools” successful the state.

“Parents are directed to transportation their children and wards to government-approved schools without delay,” helium said

Mr Ilang besides emphasised that the First School Leaving Certificate (FSLC) has go a mandatory request for admittance into secondary schools.

“Similarly, transportation students indispensable contiguous authentic transportation certificates from their erstwhile schools earlier they tin beryllium admitted,” helium said.

On the grading system, the commissioner said the authorities authorities has abolished the ranking of students by presumption beyond 3rd place.

He said that lone first, 2nd and 3rd positions volition beryllium recognised, portion different students volition beryllium graded arsenic either “pass” oregon “fail.”

According to the commissioner, students who neglect their promotion examinations indispensable repetition the people arsenic portion of efforts to fortify world standards.

In addition, Mr Ilang announced that the authorities has introduced a compulsory Entrepreneurship and Skills Acquisition taxable into the schoolhouse curriculum.

He said that graduating students astatine the Basic Education and Senior Secondary levels volition present beryllium issued certificates successful Entrepreneurship and Skill Acquisition alongside their world results.

The commissioner besides announced an contiguous prohibition connected compulsory other lessons successful each schools crossed the state.

He, however, clarified that lessons whitethorn inactive beryllium allowed wherever a ceremonial statement exists betwixt parents, teachers oregon schoolhouse managers.

“All principals and schoolhouse administrators are directed to comply strictly with these d...