Education stakeholders in Abia and Imo have expressed deep concern over the exorbitant fees charged by private schools in the country. A cross-section of the respondents blamed the phenomenon on the lack of effective monitoring of the schools by the regulatory agencies of government at all levels. In Abia, the people blamed the commercialisation of…

Some owners of private schools in the South-South region say they only charge school fees that are commensurate with the quality of service being offered. The private school owners made the expression during a News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) survey in Akwa Ibom, Cross River and Rivers. Mr Godwin Okwu, the Chairman, National Association of…

The authorities in Borno, Yobe and Adamawa states have warned private school proprietors against arbitrary fee hikes and non-compliance with educational regulations. The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that most private schools in the affected states have continued to jerk up their fees following the removal of fuel and other subsidies. Alhaji Bulama Abiso,…

The Kano State government has vowed to drag proprietors of three private schools to court for threatening the lives of over a hundred innocent students in their custody. Executive Secretary, State Private and Voluntary Schools Management Board, Baba Abubakar Umar, issued the legal action threat after uncovering near-collapse buildings and unhealthy environments in private schools…

Private schools in the Federal Capital Territory (FCT) have expressed fear that the high cost of securing their facilities from marauding kidnappers may lead to increase in school fees.

Governor Mai Mala Buni of Yobe State has revoked the licences of private schools in the state for violating the rules and guidelines set for their establishment and operation.