Delta Closes 3 Primary Schools, Revokes Licenses Of Others

The Delta State government has shut down three unregistered schools and revoked the operational licenses of three others in Oshimili-South local government area of the state.

The commissioner for Primary Education, Dr Kingsley Ashibogwu, announced the closure shortly after the routine monitoring of public and private schools across the state.

He listed the affected schools to include Prime Seed of Abraham School, Mater Christi Group of Schools and Shekinah the King Nursery and Primary School, all in Okwe, shut down for operating without approval and licenses.

He also added that the operational licenses of ‘All to Jesus Nursery and Primary School’, Oduke-Okwe, St Helen Fountain of Roses School, Okwe and Winners Vineyard Montessori International School, Okwe, Asaba, were withdrawn for using the school premises as residential apartments and other unacceptable offences.

According to the commissioner, there had been warning owners of private schools on the need to regularise their schools with the state government.

“As a state government, we prioritise the educational well-being of our children. It is on this premise that we have warned on several occasions that owners of schools should regularise the operation of their schools.

“Today, while on our routine monitoring exercises, we saw some schools even bearing ‘Government Approved,’ but when we demanded for their license, there was none.”