The State Commissioner for Education, Professor Uche Eme Uche has charged the Taskforce Team on the re-accreditation of schools in the State to show a high level of commitment towards ensuring that private schools in the State meet acceptable minimum standard.
She was speaking during the opening ceremony of a three day Training of the Taskforce Team on the re-accreditation of schools held at the conference room of the Ministry of Education, Umuahia.
The Commissioner noted that the re-accreditation is part of the “Reclaim Our Schools Initiative “of the present administration adding that the exercise is not intended to shut down any private school but rather to ensure that acceptable minimum standard is met.
She however explained that any private school that does not meet such standard would be sealed temporarily and given some time to upgrade before reopening.
She said the State Government was ready to equip the public schools to bring them up to standard as well as make them attractive to compete with the private schools ,and stressed that all schools in the State whether private or public must meet acceptable standard.
The Education Commissioner appealed to private school proprietors to open their gates to the Team and cooperate with them to ensure a successful re-accreditation.
