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Following public outcry and the burden it places on parents and guardians, Abia State Government says it is considering the abolition of graduation ceremonies organised by private schools for nursery pupils, as well as primary school pupils and secondary students who are not in exiting classes.
The state government also hinted of plans to abolish the compulsory combination of textbook and workbook by publishers to make it impossible for younger siblings to make use of such textbooks.
Commissioner for Information, Prince Okey Kanu who disclosed this on Monday, at Government House, Umuahia while briefing Journalists on the outcome of this week’s State Executive Council meeting presided over by Governor Alex Otti. said the decisions on graduation ceremonies and combination of textbook with workbook were taken by education stakeholders recently.
According to him, the state government has agreed that going forward, graduation ceremonies in schools would only be limited to primary 6 pupils and SS3 students.
The Abia Information boss, announced that government has adjusted postings of the newly recruited teachers to suit those who made complaints about the places they were posted for various reasons.
He also revealed that the state government has concluded the two weeks intensive training organised for the newly recruited teachers in the state to equip them for the 21st century teaching. He added that renovations and construction of public schools are ongoing, and at different stages of completion at 63 schools across the state.
On his part, the Commissioner for Basic and Secondary Education, Elder Goodluck Ubochi, announced that the final and updated posting of the newly recruited teachers would be published Tuesday, September 9th, 2025.
He noted that the decisions of education stakeholders to the effect that only pupils and students of exiting classes should hold graduation ceremony and, that textbooks should be separated from workbook to enable siblings make use of textbooks used by their elder ones are being considered by the State Executive Council.
Elder Ubochi encouraged parents to make sure that they pick the basic education certificates of their children, adding that schools would not charge more than N2,000 for collection of primary 6 and basic education certificates while that of secondary school would not be more than N4,000.
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