Ondo State governor, Rotimi Akeredolu, has banned public school teachers in the State from enrolling their children/wards in private schools.
He explained that the move was to encourage enrollment in State-owned schools.
The directive was conveyed by the Head of Press and Information Services of SUBEB, Bisi Agboola, in Akure.
He added that the government is concerned about the low enrollment into State-owned elementary schools despite its investments.
Also, the Chairman of the Universal Basic Education Board (SUBEB), Mr. Victor Olabimtan, affirmed that teachers enrolling their wards in private schools has led to a decline in enrollment in State-run primary schools.
The statement reads: “The government condemned in strong terms the attitude of some teachers taking their biological children to private schools and ruled that it has become an offence for any public-school teachers to take their wards to private schools.”