WorldStage– The Kogi State government has restated its commitment to implementing the ban placed on compulsory customised textbooks and notebooks in schools in the state.
The state’ Commissioner for Education, Mr Wemi Jones, made this known during a stakeholders’ meeting with the National Association of Proprietors of Private Schools (NAPPS) on Friday in Lokoja.
The meeting was a follow-up on government’s ban on incessant graduation ceremonies in basic and secondary schools across the state, on Sept. 3.
At the meeting, Jones commended the NAPPS’ contributions to the growth and development of the state education sector.
He stressed that the move aims to reduce the financial burden on parents and promote a more standardised approach to education.
The government also banned “students’ signing-out” ceremonies in tertiary institutions within the state.
