Benue seals two schools over alleged forced purchase of textbooks

The Benue State Education Quality Assurance and Examinations Board (BEQAEB) has sealed 2 schools successful Makurdi, Orenda and Opal schools, implicit alleged victimisation of learners and the alleged forcing of parents to bargain workout and trial books straight from the schools.

The Executive Secretary of BEQAEB, Dr Terna Francis, led officials of the board’s Directorate of Enforcement and Compliance to seal the schools pursuing complaints from parents.

Francis said the schools allegedly refused to be to learners who had not bought the required books from them, contempt the outgo of schoolhouse fees.

“We received respective complaints from parents astir the victimisation of their children successful these schools. The schools insisted that learners and their parents indispensable bargain workout books and trial books from the schools earlier they would beryllium attended to,” helium said.

He said the signifier violated the authorities government’s textbook reuse policy, which allows parents to reuse textbooks from older children oregon bargain prescribed books from different sources.

Francis explained that BEQAEB had earlier contacted the proprietor by telephone and direct...