Benue Govt bans compulsory extra lessons in schools

The Benue State authorities has banned compulsory other lessons successful schools crossed the authorities arsenic pupils and students resume for the 2026/2027 world session.

Commissioner for Education and Knowledge Management, Margaret Adamu, announced the directive during a property league successful Makurdi on Monday.

Adamu said schools would nary longer beryllium permitted to compel learners to be lessons aft mean schoolhouse hours.

She explained that Parent-Teacher Associations, PTAs, wishing to organise further lessons indispensable archetypal unafraid support from the Ministry of Education, stressing that information indispensable stay optional.

“There shall beryllium nary lessons aft regular schoolhouse hours. Any PTA requesting other lessons indispensable question support from the Ministry and indispensable not marque it compulsory,” she said.

The commissioner warned proprietors, principals and different schoolhouse administrators to comply with the state’s acquisition policies, saying sanctions would beryllium imposed connected institutions recovered violating the guidelines.

Adamu besides directed schools to restrict teaching materials to approved textbooks, informing against the usage of customised oregon n...