Two states have banned nursery, primary and secondary graduation ceremonies

[Obiene12]

I love what the governors of those two states did.Schools have turned that graduation ceremony into another way of extorting money from parents. Parents pay heavily for this event. As i write this,i am a victim of this intentional act from the proprietor of the school my children attend. Soon other states will enact same law in their various states abolishing that exploitation act . It's so annoying, after you register your child or children with huge amount of money yet at the end of the term you are expected to pay another huge amount of money again for the end of term graduation party.

[Finebone]

I love what the governors of those two states did.Schools have turned that graduation ceremony into another way of extorting money from parents. Parents pay heavily for this event. As i write this,i am a victim of this intentional act from the proprietor of the school my children attend. Soon other states will enact same law in their various states abolishing that exploitation act . It's so annoying, after you register your child or children with huge amount of money yet at the end of the term you are expected to pay another huge amount of money again for the end of term graduation party.

I don't know how true is this but if it's actually true, then it's definitely a step in the right direction because these schools have taken it as a harbit to use graduation ceremony to milk parents of their hard earned money.
And one thing I have noticed about all this is that it is being carried out mostly by small private schools the most, not even recognized ones, that's why poor people or average income earners are being hit the most by this unprofessionalism by this schools, so it's a welcome development and a step i am really in support of if it's true.

[Mr Reporter]

I love what the governors of those two states did.Schools have turned that graduation ceremony into another way of extorting money from parents. Parents pay heavily for this event. As i write this,i am a victim of this intentional act from the proprietor of the school my children attend. Soon other states will enact same law in their various states abolishing that exploitation act . It's so annoying, after you register your child or children with huge amount of money yet at the end of the term you are expected to pay another huge amount of money again for the end of term graduation party.

I don't know how true is this but if it's actually true, then it's definitely a step in the right direction because these schools have taken it as a harbit to use graduation ceremony to milk parents of their hard earned money.
And one thing I have noticed about all this is that it is being carried out mostly by small private schools the most, not even recognized ones, that's why poor people or average income earners are being hit the most by this unprofessionalism by this schools, so it's a welcome development and a step i am really in support of if it's true.

Honestly speaking it is high time this stop because it seems that the Nigerians private schools are really taken advantage of this particularly about them exploiting parents financially during graduation ceremonies, well i hoping some measures might be taken to address this issue which i believe is more prevalent in small unrecognized private schools sectors affecting low Incomes of families disproportionately. Just take a look at the some private schools in the Uk which are subject to new regulations including the VAT on education fees and removal of charitable relief on business rates, however i couldn't find specific information on Nigeria private schools being regulated.

[Pressurizedem]

Nothing we no go see for Nigeria. In those days when I was born, it is a normal thing to celebrate during end of year or during when una wan move to the next class.
This generation wey we dey now just dey up side down. How primary children wan take enjoy their time in primary schools if there is nothing like graduation ceremony? How they wan take showcase their talents? To me, wetin those two governors do no make sense. I taught in a private school, so I no the joy wey children dey get when activities like this dey go on, and by right, is it not the responsibility of the parents to take good care of their children especially through education.
I still think it is good that children have these experience of graduation ceremony regardless.

[Roseline492]

I love what the governors of those two states did.Schools have turned that graduation ceremony into another way of extorting money from parents. Parents pay heavily for this event. As i write this,i am a victim of this intentional act from the proprietor of the school my children attend. Soon other states will enact same law in their various states abolishing that exploitation act .

I'm surprised there was a state government intervention on this because ordinarily I didn't no they can interfere in private school matters, although since the parents cannot stop schools from demanding money for end of year party the government has took it upon themselves to abolish that unnecessary curriculum, I'm suspecting that there was a tip up on the government concerning how schools are deeming such activities a must. The state did well but this cannot be emulated by other states because some of the state doesn't show concern about private schools so definitely the school on those regions will not be affected.

[Stable090]

I love what the governors of those two states did.Schools have turned that graduation ceremony into another way of extorting money from parents. Parents pay heavily for this event. As i write this,i am a victim of this intentional act from the proprietor of the school my children attend. Soon other states will enact same law in their various states abolishing that exploitation act . It's so annoying, after you register your child or children with huge amount of money yet at the end of the term you are expected to pay another huge amount of money again for the end of term graduation party.

Normally graduation wey I know before na if children Dey commot for primary 6 and if dem Dey commot for ss3 na him I know say dem Dey do graduation. But now even jss3 Dey do graduation now, if children dey go from nursery to primary class dem Dey do graduation, all this things na rubbish, something wey no get use. schools Dey use am chop money from parents, and they are using that to even disturb the society also. Seriously I like the ban, and it’s going to be nice if all states in the country bans it also.

[Mr Reporter]

I love what the governors of those two states did.Schools have turned that graduation ceremony into another way of extorting money from parents. Parents pay heavily for this event. As i write this,i am a victim of this intentional act from the proprietor of the school my children attend. Soon other states will enact same law in their various states abolishing that exploitation act . It's so annoying, after you register your child or children with huge amount of money yet at the end of the term you are expected to pay another huge amount of money again for the end of term graduation party.

Normally graduation wey I know before na if children Dey commot for primary 6 and if dem Dey commot for ss3 na him I know say dem Dey do graduation. But now even jss3 Dey do graduation now, if children dey go from nursery to primary class dem Dey do graduation, all this things na rubbish, something wey no get use. schools Dey use am chop money from parents, and they are using that to even disturb the society also. Seriously I like the ban, and it’s going to be nice if all states in the country bans it also.

The matter tied me ohh cause most parents are now entering debt self because they want to meet the standards of what the school is demanding, in my side self graduation is now a competition to some parents, which is not okay cause the only main why a school students most pass through graduation is because of hard work to appreciate thier which the same schools are now understanding it to extort for some parents that is still think of how to pay school fees.

[Sticky Bomb]

I love what the governors of those two states did.Schools have turned that graduation ceremony into another way of extorting money from parents. Parents pay heavily for this event. As i write this,i am a victim of this intentional act from the proprietor of the school my children attend. Soon other states will enact same law in their various states abolishing that exploitation act . It's so annoying, after you register your child or children with huge amount of money yet at the end of the term you are expected to pay another huge amount of money again for the end of term graduation party.

I don't know how true is this but if it's actually true, then it's definitely a step in the right direction because these schools have taken it as a harbit to use graduation ceremony to milk parents of their hard earned money.
And one thing I have noticed about all this is that it is being carried out mostly by small private schools the most, not even recognized ones, that's why poor people or average income earners are being hit the most by this unprofessionalism by this schools, so it's a welcome development and a step i am really in support of if it's true.

Yes t is true, the financial burden on these parents are just do heartbreaking, I can imagine a situation whereby a parent has 4 children in the same school and two graduating, the two not graduating pays for the party and the two graduating pays even more for the graduating materials and gowns. Those schools would never allow the siblings in the same graduating class to purchase one item in a bid to lessen the burden on parents or even give parents with more wards a discount and it has been a problem right from when I was a small boy.

Here is your link to confirm the authenticity of this implementation in Benue state

[DonaldCryptoTalk1]

I love what the governors of those two states did.Schools have turned that graduation ceremony into another way of extorting money from parents. Parents pay heavily for this event. As i write this,i am a victim of this intentional act from the proprietor of the school my children attend. Soon other states will enact same law in their various states abolishing that exploitation act . It's so annoying, after you register your child or children with huge amount of money yet at the end of the term you are expected to pay another huge amount of money again for the end of term graduation party.

You made a solid point. These graduation ceremonies have moved far away from celebrating the children and are now more about putting financial pressure on parents. The truth is, a child finishing nursery or primary school doesn’t need an elaborate party before moving to the next class,  simple recognition in school is enough.

What the government is doing will actually save parents from unnecessary expenses and also stop schools from turning education into a business venture at every level. If schools want to celebrate, they should make it voluntary and affordable, not compulsory and costly.

[Hewlet]

This generation wey we dey now just dey up side down. How primary children wan take enjoy their time in primary schools if there is nothing like graduation ceremony? How they wan take showcase their talents? To me, wetin those two governors do no make sense. I taught in a private school, so I no the joy wey children dey get when activities like this dey go on, and by right, is it not the responsibility of the parents to take good care of their children especially through education.
I still think it is good that children have these experience of graduation ceremony regardless.

you are speaking from the angle of a teacher and looking at it only from the angle of the child being happy about the celebration. what about the parents that bears the bigger brunt? they have to buy text books, buy new uniform for SS CLASS, pay for end of year programs, pay new fees and you still think it is worth it doing graduation ceremonies for literally any little milestone the child crosses.

If you ask me, there is nothing special about JSS 3 including the junior WAEC they write. at the end of the day, you will never use that junior WAEC. School administrators have always used these means to extort parents while neglecting the core thing of ensuring that the children are actually learning well. i have equally taught in a private school and knows what parent and even teachers are going through because of these plenty of unnecessary ceremonies. the step by the governors are a very good step in the right direction and hopefully, other governors will take same part and implement it in their states.

[Bright0515]

I love what the governors of those two states did.Schools have turned that graduation ceremony into another way of extorting money from parents. Parents pay heavily for this event. As i write this,i am a victim of this intentional act from the proprietor of the school my children attend. Soon other states will enact same law in their various states abolishing that exploitation act . It's so annoying, after you register your child or children with huge amount of money yet at the end of the term you are expected to pay another huge amount of money again for the end of term graduation party.

I'm not sure if this is true, please you are to provide the source that you get this information from or did you hear them from people? You know some of the people we see around everyday delivers fake news to the public. The huge you are talking about sounded like the graduation party fees and the school fees are the same amount the student pay. It is not must go pay, during our days on secondary school, if you do not pay for the party you will not be given anything on the party and you will not be taking your results until the other term.

[Skydrill]

I love what the governors of those two states did.Schools have turned that graduation ceremony into another way of extorting money from parents. Parents pay heavily for this event. As i write this,i am a victim of this intentional act from the proprietor of the school my children attend. Soon other states will enact same law in their various states abolishing that exploitation act . It's so annoying, after you register your child or children with huge amount of money yet at the end of the term you are expected to pay another huge amount of money again for the end of term graduation party.

I don't know how true is this but if it's actually true, then it's definitely a step in the right direction because these schools have taken it as a harbit to use graduation ceremony to milk parents of their hard earned money.
And one thing I have noticed about all this is that it is being carried out mostly by small private schools the most, not even recognized ones, that's why poor people or average income earners are being hit the most by this unprofessionalism by this schools, so it's a welcome development and a step i am really in support of if it's true.

Yes t is true, the financial burden on these parents are just do heartbreaking, I can imagine a situation whereby a parent has 4 children in the same school and two graduating, the two not graduating pays for the party and the two graduating pays even more for the graduating materials and gowns. Those schools would never allow the siblings in the same graduating class to purchase one item in a bid to lessen the burden on parents or even give parents with more wards a discount and it has been a problem right from when I was a small boy.

Here is your link to confirm the authenticity of this implementation in Benue state

No one is saying there shouldn't graduation ceremonies in our schools but it shouldn't be used as an avenue to extort money from parents and guardians or these kids, so many of went through the same system as kids but we never experienced such but in this modern times it has become something else where parents of these kids would be asked to pay extravagant or should I say outrageous amount of money for kids in nursery/primary all in the name of graduation, the government did the right thing but I would rather want to government to introduce some new policies to that effect that would control the excesses of these Schools rather stoping them entirely.

[Anayochukwu]

Nothing we no go see for Nigeria. In those days when I was born, it is a normal thing to celebrate during end of year or during when una wan move to the next class.
This generation wey we dey now just dey up side down. How primary children wan take enjoy their time in primary schools if there is nothing like graduation ceremony? How they wan take showcase their talents? To me, wetin those two governors do no make sense. I taught in a private school, so I no the joy wey children dey get when activities like this dey go on, and by right, is it not the responsibility of the parents to take good care of their children especially through education.
I still think it is good that children have these experience of graduation ceremony regardless.

Banning those activities entirely was really extreme because we grew up celebrating in school when ever we are moving to the next class and it made us really happy because that's the only time we can to dance and act our little dramas, I don't really blame the governor too much because our time and now isn't the same anymore, the amount of money school owners extort from us are way too much and it affects some parents when they fail to pay for their kids and we all know how disturbing kids can be when they know that they aren't taking part in a school play. Instead of banning the celebration entirely I think the governor should have just reduced the amount of money parents pay to school owners to suit us the parents.

[DiMarxist]

I love what the governors of those two states did.Schools have turned that graduation ceremony into another way of extorting money from parents. Parents pay heavily for this event. As i write this,i am a victim of this intentional act from the proprietor of the school my children attend. Soon other states will enact same law in their various states abolishing that exploitation act . It's so annoying, after you register your child or children with huge amount of money yet at the end of the term you are expected to pay another huge amount of money again for the end of term graduation party.

Yeah it's not just 2 states that has barned graduation ceremonies of the nursery education, primary, and junior secondary school, based on recent news, kogi state, imo state, Edo state, Endo state and Eboyi state has barned this graduation ceremonies and it actually a good thing, because we only know about 2 basic useful certificate in this country while applying for anything that concerns education, the o level result, which involves WAEC, NECO, GCE, and that of the university which we know as BSC, what's the excess of parent spending money for graduation ceremonies of the other classes, the state government actually did the right thing I agree with you.

[7juju]

This kind thing na good development for our country because it was becoming too much. In our days this kind thing been no dey and we were doing better. If they were only doing it for the final year students who are graduating from the school to enter university or from primary school to secondary it would have been a different thing. But doing it every term and making it compulsory for everyone to pay was were they got it all wrong. I like as the government are reacting let's hope other state governors will join.

[Pjcr7]

This kind thing na good development for our country because it was becoming too much. In our days this kind thing been no dey and we were doing better. If they were only doing it for the final year students who are graduating from the school to enter university or from primary school to secondary it would have been a different thing. But doing it every term and making it compulsory for everyone to pay was were they got it all wrong. I like as the government are reacting let's hope other state governors will join.

Me too, I no even sure say my set celebrate anything like this. I understand the frustration of parents because school owners dy milk them all in the name of graduation. There was this post I came across online, parents paid 15 thousand naira for each graduand, just for the ceremony. Parents didn't value for their money and that's when the complaints started Pouring in that time.

[Rgram]

This kind thing na good development for our country because it was becoming too much. In our days this kind thing been no dey and we were doing better. If they were only doing it for the final year students who are graduating from the school to enter university or from primary school to secondary it would have been a different thing. But doing it every term and making it compulsory for everyone to pay was were they got it all wrong. I like as the government are reacting let's hope other state governors will join.

Me too, I no even sure say my set celebrate anything like this. I understand the frustration of parents because school owners dy milk them all in the name of graduation. There was this post I came across online, parents paid 15 thousand naira for each graduand, just for the ceremony. Parents didn't value for their money and that's when the complaints started Pouring in that time.

The thing don too much. Mostly these things dea happen for all these private schools. E come dea make am look like say na competition among parents. If you check well, schools back then way no dea observe all these things get better value pass schools of these days. I no just understand waitn this graduation really be sef. For country way to even see food chop sef na wahala to some parents then every year, one or two persons go sit down come up with one or two ideas to use extort money from parents all in the name of graduation.
E go make sense if all the states fit look into this. It's becoming too much

[Spaceman1000$]

I love what the governors of those two states did.Schools have turned that graduation ceremony into another way of extorting money from parents. Parents pay heavily for this event. As i write this,i am a victim of this intentional act from the proprietor of the school my children attend. Soon other states will enact same law in their various states abolishing that exploitation act . It's so annoying, after you register your child or children with huge amount of money yet at the end of the term you are expected to pay another huge amount of money again for the end of term graduation party.

Proprietors are manufacturing different means of extorting parents everyday, now they don't use note books anymore for pupils, especially in the private school, what they now have is text books, your child is to write only on those text books they sell, and not the conventional writing on note books for lessons taught, so as a parent, your to buy text books every new term, and this money runs into thousands. So the news about graduation for nursery and primary schools that have been stopped by some state government is a welcome development.

[TrialBitcoin]

I love what the governors of those two states did.Schools have turned that graduation ceremony into another way of extorting money from parents. Parents pay heavily for this event. As i write this,i am a victim of this intentional act from the proprietor of the school my children attend. Soon other states will enact same law in their various states abolishing that exploitation act . It's so annoying, after you register your child or children with huge amount of money yet at the end of the term you are expected to pay another huge amount of money again for the end of term graduation party.

That's a great move from the Governors, in this part of the country we lay so much emphasis and importance to irrelevant things, how would parents be paying heavily for mere graduation ceremony for nursery school pupils, it's alarming how this people carry this ceremonies on their heads.

The proprietors use this as a means of extortion from the parents just as in your case, imagine a scenero where you have like four children in a particular school and  you are to pay 20,000 for each of them that's 80,000 school fees exclusive, it will be a good step if other States follow same procedure to ban this celebration. During my days in nursery school the ceremonies was just a light one though I was little to know the amount my parents paid. Other Governors should follow suit.

[Jubilee58]

I love what the governors of those two states did.Schools have turned that graduation ceremony into another way of extorting money from parents. Parents pay heavily for this event. As i write this,i am a victim of this intentional act from the proprietor of the school my children attend. Soon other states will enact same law in their various states abolishing that exploitation act . It's so annoying, after you register your child or children with huge amount of money yet at the end of the term you are expected to pay another huge amount of money again for the end of term graduation party.

Well, i know that this school owners or proprietors uses diverse methods to collect money from parents, and many parents are not comfortable with this system, after parents have finished paying for children school fees, hostel fees, and some other fees involved and finally they will come up with graduation matter, where they will begin to demand money from the parents of those children.

If now some state governors are now putting an end to this practices, which means parents are no longer comfortable with it and i believe other states will begin to adopt the same thing with time.