Chairman of the Delta State Universal Basic Education Board SUBEB, Hon. Samuel Mariere, has said the board has suspended the Head Teacher of New Era Primary School (name withheld) in Okpanam, Oshimili North local government of the state over an alleged illegal collection of N2,000 from pupils for the collection of primary six results.
Mariere, who announced the suspension while addressing public primary education stakeholders in Oshimili North at Akwukwu-Igbo, headquarters of the local government council, said the board had warned against such collections as directed by the State Governor, Rt. Hon. Sheriff Oborevwori.
According to him, the present administration in the state had made it clear that education at the primary level is free and warned Head Teachers against extortion from parents and wards.
He expressed disappointment that some unrepentant head teachers had refused to desist from illegal collections, saying the act was one of the reasons why some of them will continue to resist transfer because of the fortune they made over time as heads of schools.
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The SUBEB Boss stressed that the state government seriously frowned against any form of extortions in the guise of printing examination question papers and collection of results, saying that public primary education is completely free of charge in Delta State.
Mariere further warned Head Teachers who are still in the business of illegal collections in their schools to repent or faced dismissal from service when caught.
He called on stakeholders in public primary education to help monitor and supervise teachers in their localities and to report to the board anyone found doing the wrong things, particularly in the areas of poor commitment to work, absenteeism and extortions.
