The Delta State Universal Basic Education Board has removed Mr Larry Okeleke, the headmaster of Owessei Primary School, Utagba-Ogbe in Ndokwa West Local Government Area of the state for illegal collection of N233, from his pupils without any authorisation.
However, Commissioner for Basic and Secondary Education in Delta state, Prof. Patrick Muoboghare has ordered the headmaster to refund within seven days the money to the pupils.
The order is contained in a statement issued on Thursday in Asaba by the Commissioner.
Muoboghare said Okeleke’s action was a clear disregard of the directive by the Ministry of Basic and Secondary Education concerning all forms of illegal collection of levies from pupils.
He commended the State Universal Basic Education Board for removing Okeleke as head of the school, adding that he would still face a disciplinary committee for further sanction.
The commissioner warned other school heads to desist from imposing illegal levies on their pupils and threatened that the ministry would deal decisively with offenders and advised private schools in the state to include manual labour in their curricula.
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