Benue bans compulsory extra lessons in schools

The Benue State Government has introduced stricter measures to modulate activities successful schools crossed the state, banning compulsory other lessons, restricting the usage of non-transferable textbooks and limiting graduation ceremonies to designated exit classes.

The Commissioner for Education and Knowledge Management, Dr Margaret Adamu, announced the directives connected Monday portion briefing journalists astatine the ministry’s league hallway successful Makurdi connected the commencement of the 2026/2027 world session.

She said the measures were designed to support learners, trim unnecessary fiscal unit connected parents, beforehand subject and accountability, and amended the prime of acquisition successful the state.

Adamu directed that nary schoolhouse should behaviour compulsory lessons aft mean schoolhouse hours unless specified lessons were considered indispensable and anterior support had been obtained from the Ministry of Education and Knowledge Management.

She, however, clarified that schools could organise approved other lessons for learners preparing for outer examinations.

“Any schoolhouse that’s deemed indispensable for their students to spell connected other lessons, similar the exa...