Abia govt moves to clampdown on Private schools

In its moves of ensuring that Abia children were properly educated in the right environment and by the right teachers, the Abia Ministry of Education has announced that it will be clamping down on private Nursery, Primary and Secondary Schools presently operating in Residential buildings.
In a release by Dr.  Kanelechi Nwangwa,  the commissioner of Education in the state, included schools established in warehouses, Church halls, Village/Town halls as part of the ones that will be clampdown.
Nwangwa in the release asked all the pupils and students of the affected schools never go back to such schools from the next academic term starting from January 2020.
“Parents that have their wards in these schools should use this holiday to make all necessary arrangements to relocate these pupils/students to Government and Approved Schools having standard School compounds. Parents are particularly encouraged to take advantage of the free education program as well as the School Feeding Program of the Government to take their wards to Government Schools instead of these CLOSED Schools.
“Any School Proprietor that has a school in any of these above-mentioned places that fails to comply with this directive and decides to open by January will have himself/herself/themselves to blame for any severe measures that will be applied.
“Parents are strongly advised to make sure they will not continue to patronize these Schools. The education of the Abia Child is so important that we cannot continue to allow people to toy with such issues.”
An investigation by our reporter has it that many private schools in the state are operating in uncompleted buildings while others operate in shanties subjecting pupils and students to harsh learning conditions. 
According to our reporter, some of the schools don’t have restrooms and when it does, do not meet the hygienic standard befitting schools where students of future Nigeria are being taught and raised. 
Meanwhile, some of the respondents including educationists and parents while reacting to the government’s decision lamented the position of the commissioner and wondered why the government would want to clampdown on schools operating in church buildings among others. 
Mrs. Okwu Felicia who was angry with the position of the education commissioner blamed the state government over the proliferation of schools in the state. 
Felicia posited that the only way the state government can make education attractive is my refurbishing and rehabilitating dilapidated school structures which they claimed was the reason they withdrew their kids from government schools where they said has the best and most qualified teachers that would have made them great leaders of tomorrow. 
Another respondent, Mr. Mark Clement who corroborated Felicia urged the commissioner of education to ensure that teachers’ salaries, pensions, and gratuities were promptly paid. 
Clement said incessant strike by teachers under government’s employ is part of the reasons they pull out their kids away from government-owned schools,  adding that if the government improves the welfare of teachers and the academic environment, they would be forced to send their children and wards to public schools than private ones.