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       Ondo Set To Close Down Illegal Primary, Secondary Schools - Educ
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       By: Eda Date: December 29, 2018, 8:18 am
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       Ondo set to close down illegal primary, secondary schools
       In a bid to sanitise the education sub-sector in the state, the
       Ondo State Government has made arrangements to close down all
       primary and secondary schools found to be operating illegally in
       the state in January, 2019.
       The Director of Schools in the State Ministry of Education, Mr.
       Fola Dara, disclosed this during a stakeholders’ meeting
       organised by the Ondo State House of Assembly Committee on
       Education, Science and Technology, in Akure, the state capital.
       Dara, who decried the increasing number of illegal schools in
       the state, noted that such schools were virtually springing up
       in every nook and cranny of the state almost every day.
       He warned that if the development was not urgently addressed, it
       would adversely affect the standard of education in the state.
       The Chairman of the House committee on Education, Mr. Olusegun
       Ajimotokin, pledged that the Assembly would throw its weight
       behind the ministry to rid the state of the presence of illegal
       schools, which he described as inimical to the development of
       qualitative education in the state.
       Ajimotoki said, “Any school that refuses to comply with the law
       and policy of government, as far as education is concerned, is
       not entitled to exist.”
       Earlier, the National Association of Proprietors of Private
       Schools, Ondo State chapter, had written a letter to the House
       complaining about taxes/levies being charged by various
       ministries, agencies of government and local government councils
       in the state.
       The NAPPS President in the state, Mr. Derick Ijidakinro, pointed
       out in the letter that the various charges were killing their
       businesses. He appealed to the state House of Assembly to come
       to their rescue.
       Ijidakinro, however, explained that his members were ready to
       pay their taxes as responsible citizens, but the taxes should be
       harmonised and limited to Annual Renewal Levy, Personal Income
       Tax, signage and advertisement levy.
       In response to the letter, the House Committee Chairman said,
       “We will continue to sit down and iron out some things so that
       both government and the proprietors of schools do not lose out.”
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