The parents of private secondary schools’ pupils in Edo State have urged the state government to stop its plan to transfer JSS3 pupils to different schools to write their examinations.
Prof.Stella Roy-Omonigho of the University of Benin who said that she wrote on behalf of parents of JSS3 private school pupils in Edo State urged that teachers and not pupils should be the ones to be transferred.
A letter dated May 1,2023 and addressed to the Commissioner of Education, Edo State, by Roy-Omonigho reads:”The Commissioner of Education, Edo State.
“Re: Junior Secondary School 3 State Examinations; Matters Arising.
“Your recent directives regarding the afore-referenced topic have caused ripples for the various stakeholders involved, who include students, parents, teachers and private school proprietors.
You have recently directed without recourse to the implications or adverse effect on the various participants in the displacement and unplanned mass movement of private schools‘ JS3 students to write their long-awaited JS3 state examination outside their regular designated learning environment.
“Via this medium we would like to bring to your notice the unmitigated and unforeseen consequences that could jeopardise your good intentions towards the academic welfare of our children under your astute watch.These include but are not limited to the following:
Present national insecurity, logistics (cost and risk of transportation), the dearth of basic amenities in some of these schools such as chairs and tables, potential psychological trauma meted out to students from being displaced, potential psychological trauma on parents stemming from the fear of the unknown.
“Your directive being in the public domain could be used by persons with inimical or nefarious intentions towards these children.As good as your intentions are, the above listed implications could hamper the performance and success of our children in the forthcoming examinations. In order to forestall this we ask that you consider the following:
“Like what is applicable in Senior Secondary School examinations where teachers and not students could be deployed to various schools. This way, whatever the end objective of your directive could still be achieved without risk to the welfare of our children most of whom are tender in age and far outnumber teachers.
“Thank you in anticipation of your response in the affirmative towards our concerns for our children and their academic success which is our collective primary objective.”
However, at the time of publishing this story, the Commissioner of Education, Mrs Joan Oviawe, was yet to respond to WhatsApp and text messages of New Times to her to comment on the development.
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