By Praise Chinecherem
The Principal of Metu Memorial Secondary School, Onitsha, Anambra State, Dr. Fidelia Ogili has been suspended for violating Anambra State Government’s mandate on free and compulsory Education for JSS students of the school.
A statement signed by the Chairman of Post Primary Schools Service Commission (PPSSC) Awka, Prof. Nkechi Ikediugwu, disclosed that the Principal was suspended for asking parents to pay N1700 each for payment of Parents Teachers Association (PTA) to teachers.
“On a PTA meeting held on 23rd November, 2023, the Principal asked parents to pay N1700 each for the payment of PTA teachers.
“She asked students whose parents were absent from the PTA meeting to pay N1000 each while students whose parents were absent from the school orientation programme were levied N1000 each as well.
“Dr Ogili, in addition to the above, also asked students to pay N250 each as their first term examination levy,” the statement reads.
Recall that six Principals were suspended some months back for flouting the free education policy of the state government but were later pardoned.
When they were recalled, there was an agreement between Governor Soludo and Principals that anyone who defaults again will face dismissal.
Based on the agreement, the Principal of Metu Memorial Secondary School Onitsha, Dr Ogili is therefore asked to handover all school property in her possession to the Vice Principal Administration with immediate effect and proceed to PPSSC Headquarters, Awka, for further actions.
