Governor David Umahi has directed the immediate sack of all Zonal Education Supervisors in Ebonyi state.

Secretary to the state government, Kenneth ?gb?ala who made the announcement on Wednesday June 30 on behalf of the Governor, said all Education Secretaries that are on leave are to face disciplinary action to ascertain the level of their involvement in the fraud in the state education system.

Teachers, Headmasters and Principals (both Junior and Senior) are also to be reshuffled within their Local Government Areas.

Governor Umahi who also directed the 13 Local Government Chairmen to liaise with concerned authorities to carry out the directive, said the decision followed the emergency meeting held at the Presidential Lodge New Government House, Abakaliki with stakeholders in education sector, on how to improve the State education system.

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The statement added; 

“All the Headmasters and Principals of schools are hereby directed to ensure regular clearing of their school premises and also, every pupil, student and staff of each school is to plant at least one tree and this should be supervised by the 13 Council Chairmen in their various LGAs.”

All Local Government Areas in the State are to organize education and health summits centered on re-evaluating the education and health systems.