FCTA warns against illegal projects, fees in schools

Authority of the Nigerian Federal Capital Territory Administration (FCTA) on Tuesday warned schools within the territory to stop collaborating with Parents Teachers Association (PTA) to extort money from pupils and students through unapproved projects.

The Administration said it was unlawful for schools to hide under special projects to impose heavy burdens on parents and guardians, by collecting illegal fees.

The Secretary for Education Secretariat, FCTA, Alhaji Dahir El-Katuzu, disclosed this during school resumption inspection at Government Secondary School, Kubwa.

El-Katuzu warned that any school that violates the rules will be sanctioned, as FCTA has a standard that must be upheld in all schools.

The Secretary noted that School resumption inspection had been sustained by the Secretariat, as a measure to keep both teachers, pupils and students in proper check.

According to him, the Secretariat will continue to demonstrate the value the it attaches to Education.

The PTA Chairman of Government Science Secondary School, Pyakasa-Maitama, Chidi Oparauwokè, pledged that the Association will remain committed to the policies of the administration, while promoting the ideals of education.

Also Speaking, the Principal, Government Secondary School, Kubwa, Musa Zuru said his school has recorded almost 80% attendance within the first two days of resumption.

Zuru, noted that his school has a set of standard that can’t be compromised.
The schools inspected includes, GSS Pyakasa-Maitama in Kubwa; Government Junior Secondary School, Phase III, Kubwa; GSS Kubwa and Unity High school were visited.

Emmanuel Ukoh