Edo Education Commissioner Appeals For Protection Of Schools

[Shola Sholaz]

The Edo State Government has appealed to community leaders in the state to protect public schools in their domains.
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The state Commissioner for Higher Education, Mr Washington Osifo, who made the appeal, said that government owned schools in the state were constantly being vandalised by hoodlums.
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He said that it was part of the civic responsibilities of the community leaders as well as other residents of the state to assist government in protecting the schools.
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Osifo said that the employment of security men to protect schools in the state would swell the wage bill of the state government.
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He said: "The security men we have in some schools cannot really do much when these hoodlums invade the schools because they find it difficult to overpower the vandals.
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"Most times the hoodlums tie and beat them up before vandalising the schools property or stealing them.
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"We are appealing to good spirited people in the localities to protect the schools because their children are the direct beneficiary of the schools."
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He said that principals of government schools had been mandated to stay close to the school premises to do routine checks on the schools, especially during weekends.