Ekiti govt releases N248.5m to pay WAEC fee

The Governor of Ekiti State, Dr Kayode Fayemi, on Tuesday, approved  N248,522,900, for the payment of administrative charges for the entire 14,242 SS3 candidates in public secondary schools across the state.

The beneficiaries are candidates of the April/May 2020 WAEC Senior School Certificate Examinations.

The State Commissioner for Education, Science, and Technology, Mr Foluso Daramola, made this known in Ado-Ekiti.

He said the Fayemi-led administration had also, in the year 2019, procured 52,000 units of School furniture for Public Secondary Schools, across the state as part of efforts aimed at providing basic infrastructure in schools.

He also said the administration has also been paying running grants to all Public Primary and Secondary Schools in the state on a regular basis, adding that about N5 million was being released as monthly feeding and maintenance grants to three Special Schools in the state.

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The commissioner warned school principals and registrars of all Public Secondary Schools across the state against the collection of any fee not approved by the Government from students.

He also tasked parents and guardians to always make the education of their children a priority while calling on individuals, philanthropists and Corporate Organisations, to contribute to the educational development of the state through the institution of scholarship awards for brilliant but indigent students of the state, with a view to achieving sustainable development in the sector.

He also assured that the administration would continue to do the needful despite the limited resources at the disposal of the state.

He reiterated the commitment of the State Government to making education accessible to all and sundry in the state regardless of their origin and status.