Rivers warns 437 banned private schools

As schools in Rivers State resume today, the state government has warned the 437 schools it banned following their failure to meet the requirements for private schools not to re-open.

Commissioner for Education, Prof. Kaniye Ebeku, who said yesterday that the directive would subsist, advised parents and guardians not to patronise the unapproved schools.

He added that anyone caught operating unapproved schools in the state would face sanctions.