Benue bans extra lessons, phone use, tightens rules in schools

The policies of the Ministry are designed to protect learners, reduce unnecessary financial burdens on parents, improve discipline, strengthen school management and raise the standard of education in the state.“No NGO, individual, organisation or external body shall enter a school to conduct programmes, activities, research, advocacy or interventions without the appropriate authorisation from the Ministry of Education .“The government has also implemented free and compulsory education in basic public schools, maintained consistent payment of workers’ salaries, introduced the BRACE-UP project to drastically reduce the population of out-of-school children, awarded scholarships to indigent students and distributed teaching and learning materials to schools, including IDP camps.