AKWA IBOM GOVT. BANS CELL PHONE IN PUBLIC SCHOOLS

Henceforth, any student found with cell phones in public secondary schools within school hours will be severely punished. The Akwa- Ibom State commissioner for Education, Mrs Eunice Thomas has warned.

The commissioner said that her action was to address the long observed distraction due to use of cell phones by students in public secondary schools and to ensure maximum utilisation of the present administration’s huge investment in the educational sub-sector and achieve the government’s dream of producing quality products from the free and compulsory educational policy of the state government.

Thomas assured that the measure is not to victimise teachers but to ensure that the job committed to them do not suffer.

She however vowed to continue taking an on-the-spot decision as to punishment at the premises of any erring teachers as well as schools and school heads to avoid being influenced by the society on behalf of such offenders. Do you support this move by the AKS government?