Ezewu Urges Adherence To Guidelines For Primary Six Exam Registration, Warns Against Illegal Operation Of Unapproved Schools

By Magnus Emuji

Ahead of the 2026 Cognitive Placement Examinations for primary six pupils in Delta State, the State Commissioner for Primary Education, Chief (Mrs ) Rose Ezewu, JP has urged Chief Inspectors of Education and Primary school heads in the 25 local government areas to abide by the registration guidelines and shun illegal collection for the registration.

Ezewu stated this in Asaba during her maiden meeting with the Chief Inspectors of Education since she assumed office as the new Commissioner for Primary Education.

The Primary Education Commissioner also implored the CIEs to prevail on operators of unapproved nursery and primary schools across the state to come to the Ministry for the collection of feasibility and name searching form, warning that failure to comply with the directives would attract sever sanctions including closure of such schools.

She said that the essence of the meeting was to familiarize with the Chief Inspectors of Education as the new Commissioner for Primary Education, stressing that though she had worked closely with them when she was the Commissioner for Secondary Education.

Ezewu, who reminded the CIEs that they were representatives and Ambassadors of the Ministry of Basic and Secondary Education, mentioned that she would soon embark on familiarization visit to offices of the Education Secretaries in the various LGAs.

The Commissioner admonised the Chief Inspectors of Education to continue to operate open door policy and carry their staff along, just as she urged them to redouble their commitment in achieving the set goals.

Ezewu asked the CIEs to furnish her with the list of unapproved schools , the names of the operators and their GSM numbers as well as the phone numbers of head teachers of all public primary schools in the state.

In her remarks, the Functioning Permanent Secretary in the Ministry of Basic and Secondary Education, Mrs. Patricia Iniovosa-Okakwu enjoined the CIEs to make contributions that would help in moving the primary education forward.

She told them that they had served under her as the immediate past Commissioner for Secondary Education, noting that there was need for them to sustain their cooperation and support for her .

The Director of Examinations, Mrs. Clementina Ojumah said that the meeting was a veritable platform for the Commissioner to interface with the Chief Inspectors of Education and get advice from her on the need to improve on their duties.

Ojumah explained that as the new Commissioner for Primary Education, she deemed it fit to have an interactive session with the CIEs for them to intimate her with their challenges in order to provide possible solutions to the issues.

In their various contributions, the Chief Inspector of Education for Udu , Mr. Ochuko Omosomwofa and his counterpart in charge of Ethiope East, Mr. Joseph Eghwujovwo commended the Commissioner for convening the meeting and described the initiative as a welcome development.

Speaking further, Omosomwofa assured the Primary Education Commissioner of their total adherence to the registration guidelines, emphasizing that they would meet with the various head teachers in their local government areas to enlighten them on the importance of avoiding collection of registration fee above the approved fee.

Eghwujovwo informed the Commissioner that many schools that were operating illegally in Ethiope East had been approved because of a meeting he held with them in the past , calling on the Ministry to expedite action for timely processing of their licence .

On his part, the Director of Inspectorate, Mr. Kelly Kentoa told owners of the approved schools receipt and evidence of their payment should serve as their licence pending when the licence certificate would be ready for collection.