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Education: Kogi Government Mulls Law for Free Exam Fees

The Kogi State Government stated it has concluded plans to make payment of external and internal examination fees free, as a policy for subsequent administrations in the state.

The state’s Commissioner for Education, Science and Technology, Wemi Jones, disclosed this at a meeting of the National Executive Committee of North Central of All Nigeria Confederation of Principals of Secondary Schools (ANCOPSS) in Lokoja.

The Kogi government had, in November 2023, pronounced free education for students from primary to secondary school, adding that an integral part of the policy was the payment of internal and external exam fees for students by the state government.

Jones stated that the law, when passed and assented, would make it mandatory for the government to pay both internal and external examinations fees for students in public schools in the state.

VOP Lagos

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