The Imo State Ministry of Primary and Secondary Education has announced that it will soon commence a statewide monitoring exercise aimed at identifying and closing illegal private schools, as well as those operating with expired approval letters.
The ministry warned that the operation would be thorough and uncompromising.
In a statement signed by the Commissioner for Education, Prof. B. T. O. Ikegwuoha, proprietors whose schools had earlier been shut down for various infractions — including those marked in red and later reopened without official authorization — would be arrested by the police.
The government described such actions as clear acts of defiance and illegality.
The ministry further stated that it would not be liable for any consequences arising from the enforcement exercise, urging proprietors to regularize their operations immediately.
“To be forewarned is to be forearmed. This is the final warning,” Prof. Ikegwuoha declared.
