Enugu state government has dismissed 18 secondary school principals from their employ for alleged involvement in examination malpractices.
The state Commissioner for Education, Prof. Uchenna Eze, made this known yesterday during the commissioning of a six- classroom block built by the Enugu State Community and Social Development Project (CSDP) in conjunction with World Bank for Girls’ Secondary School, Ede-Enu, Ede Oballa in Nsukka local government area of the state.
Eze said that the sacked teachers were discovered to have connived with students to cheat during public examination held recently.
“Why did we do it? Examination malpractice is a death germ that
does no good to students or community. Nobody will be happy to see a student graduating from a secondary school without being able to write a letter or graduating from tertiary institution without being able to write an application letter for job. It is a disgrace.”
The education commissioner commended the people of Ede Enu-Ede Oballa for choosing building of classroom block as their project, stressing that it showed that they have value for education which brings development and eradication of poverty.
“I thank God for Governor Ifeanyi Ugwuanyi who earmarked education as an industry. He has extensively invested in it. He believes so much in education. He has committed so much from the lowest level to highest level and Enugu today is better for it,” he added.
