From January 1, 2025, it has now become an offence for parents in Abia state not to send their children and wards to school.
Okey Kanu, Commissioner for Information who disclosed this to journalists in the Government House, Umuahia, on Monday on the outcome of this week’s State Executive Council meeting presided over by Governor Alex Otti.
“The decision was part of the ongoing reforms in the educational sector of the state and the issue of poverty is no longer a reason for non-acquisition of free and basic education in Abia State.
“In line with the Abia State Child’s Law 2006, it will now be an offence for parents not to send their children and wards to school in Abia State.
“Education is free in Abia State up till the end of Junior Secondary School. There is no reason whatsoever why parents will not send their children to school.
“So, as from the first of January, 2025 when this policy will fully come into effect, defaulting parents will be prosecuted under that law.
“Parents should take advantage of the tuition-free policy in the state to send their children and wards to school, warning that defaulting parents would be prosecuted in line with the Abia State Child’s Law 2006,” he said.
On the relocation order of the Umuahia campus of the Abia State University to the mother campus at Uturu, the commissioner said the decision remained irreversible but assured that fears and anxieties generated by the relocation order would be addressed.
He also said Governor Otti has directed the state Commissioner for Works to commence repair of the failing flyover at Osisioma without delay to safeguard the lives of Abians and other road users.
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