A protracted face off between the PTA and the school administration of NOWA school Karshi over alleged non- adherence to a court order stopping arbitrary increments in fees took an ugly turn as some students and parents were restrained from accessing the school compound on resumption from midterm break.
Recall that the school PTA had cried out over increments in school fees, the second increment of fifty thousand naira coming two days to resumption for the term of which they were notified via text messages.
The Chairman and vice chairman of the school PTA lamented what they described as lawlessness saying they saw no reason why the school could not be patient and allow the matter to be determined in court.
According to the vice chairman, Mr Abimbola Gbija ,”We have taken this case to court, they have been served letters, we were even supposed to meet in court this Thursday. Unfortunately,they still remain adamant,you can see what happened, pushing the children out, keeping the students in the sun,even trying to hurt civilian parents”.
Gbija said it was unfortunate that the present administration of the school is gradually destroying the goodwill that has been built by previous administrations over 18 years as many parents are having a rethink.
Another parent Mrs Mohammed who spoke to newsmen said she is not against increments but is totally unhappy with the manner of approach towards parents and students.
She said ” you should not speak to parents like that as if you are speaking to your children,even if you are speaking to your children ,there is respect between a mother and her child not to talk of the school and parents or teachers”.
According to her,her children were shut put because of 10,000 end of term activities fee which she had to pay before they gained entrance.
An irate mother was seen protesting and daring the personnel to hurt her child whom she let in under the barricade.
After most parents succeeded in dropping off Students who were not owing within the school premises and left, thinking that the school would relent, a parent told Newsannex that the children were sent away late in the evening and some parents who hung around to see the outcome took responsibility to drop off kids whose parents had gone.
According to him,” Commandant Ikwerei, it’s quite unfortunate that you and your principals will send children out of school when their parents had gone back home”.
“You use military might on children that are between 13 -15 years? Its a big shame “
On his part, the commandant of the school who spoke to parents said he was only acting according to instructions from the owners of the school and was not in a position to dialogue or let students in except they pay the increment.
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