Ogun State government has vowed to sanction any principal who collects extra fees above the approved N19, 500 for secondary school Students, West Africa Examination Council (WAEC).
The government said the decision to outlaw any form of extortion is part of the ongoing reform agenda of the government in order to improve quality of education without imposing any hardship on the parents.
The Chairman, Ogun State Teaching Service Commission, Evang. Olalekan Ifede made this known against the allegations and protest by some secondary school students that they were asked to pay more than the approved amount.
The Chairman, said that no student should pay more than N19,500 for the May/June 2023 West Africa Secondary School Certificate Examination.
He said the government would not tolerate extra charges from any principal apart from the one approved by the Ministry of Education, Science and Technology.
He also solicited the support of the principals for the administration of Governor Prince Dapo Abiodun, who he said, is wholeheartedly committed to the welfare of teachers and the citizens.
The students of Olorunkole Grammar School, Kajola, Owode Obafemi local government had alleged that the school collected the sum of N29,000 from them as WAEC fees contrary to government approved N19,500.
Some of the students alleged that the school, asked them to pay extra charges for WAEC saying some parents were forced to withdraw their wards from the school.
The students have called on the state government to intervene in this matter before it is too late, adding that their parents had come under pressure to meet up saying this is an act of gross misconduct and against the government’s directives.
