The Delta State Government has sounded a strong warning to principals and teachers in public secondary schools who are refusing to obey recent transfer directives, declaring that sanctions are imminent for those who continue to defy the order.
Commissioner for Secondary Education, Mrs. Rose Ezewu, in a statement released in Asaba, said the Ministry had observed with concern that some teachers were still occupying their former posts despite being officially reassigned. She stressed that such disobedience undermines the system and would be met with strict disciplinary measures in line with civil service regulations.
According to the Commissioner, the transfer exercise was necessary to address overstays and ensure fairness in staff distribution across schools. She maintained that no teacher or principal would be allowed to frustrate the process.
Ezewu also revealed that the Ministry had shut down three private schools and revoked the operating licenses of several others over violations of education standards. She accused some proprietors of exploiting parents by compelling them to purchase textbooks outside the approved curriculum, describing the practice as exploitative and unacceptable.
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The Commissioner further warned private schools against staging elaborate graduation ceremonies for students moving from Junior Secondary (JS3) to Senior Secondary (SS1), insisting that such events impose needless financial burdens on parents.
She encouraged parents unable to cope with the costs of private schools to enroll their children in public schools, assuring them that the administration of Governor Sheriff Oborevwori is committed to upgrading infrastructure and raising standards across Delta’s public education system.
The warning marks a decisive move by the government to enforce discipline in the education sector and clamp down on practices seen as exploitative or disruptive.
