THE government has directed unregistered private schools operating in the country to apply for accreditation before July 30 lest the learning institutions face the wrath of the law.
Failure to adhere to the directive, the
schools will be closed and their respective owners made to transfer the
students to registered schools at their own cost.
In a statement issued yesterday by the
Permanent Secretary in the Ministry of Education, Science and
Technology, Dr Leonard Akwilapo, it has been stressed that Section 353
of the Education Act requires all schools to be registered before
admitting students.
“The arrangement seeks to ensure
thatthere is proper mechanism to monitor the quality of education.
However, there are some cases where people establish schools and private
centres without the government’s approval,” Dr Akwilapo noted.
The PS noted further that candidates
from the unregistered learning centres have been enrolling for Form Four
and Form Six National Examinations as private candidates or through the
Qualitative Test (QT) arrangement.
“On the other hand, some primary school
students are registered through informal means to sit for Standard Four
and Standard Seven examinations in registered schools without
considering the environment in which they have been studying.
This has adversely been affecting their
performance,” he observed. The PS directed owners of unregistered
schools to seek accreditation at Zonal or District Education Quality
Monitoring offices as well as the Department of Schools Accreditation at
the Ministry of Education, Science and Technolog
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