By Dare Akogun
The Permanent Secretary Kwara State Ministry of Education and Human Capital Development, Mrs Mary kemi Adeosun, has warned school principals across the 16 local government area of the state to desist from collection of all kinds of illegal fees in all public Secondary Schools of the state.
In a statement by the Press Secretary,
Ministry of Education And Human Capital, Development Peter Amogbonjaye made available to newsmen today, said Adeosun gave this warning at a meeting held with all principals of Secondary Schools at Saint Anthony Secondary School in Ilorin.
She said any principal caught collecting more than the approved PTA levies by the government will be sanctioned according to the civil service rule.
She also reminded them that no Principal should admit new students into SS 1 without the BECE result, and where there is overpopulation in school, the students should move to neighbouring schools.
She therefore the Approved Fees in the Schools as follows:
PTA: for JSS – N1,450
SSS – N1,500
And the fees for the NEW INTAKE: are 3,930 for Junior secondary schools and N3,980 for senior secondary students.
The price for text book for junior secondary students is 4,500 while the text book fee for
Senior secondary school students is N5,600.
