Ekiti State Bans Children Hawking During School Hours!

The Ekiti State government has outlawed hawking by children of school age during school hours.

While kicking off the registration of school age children into primary one for the 2011/2012 academic session, at the Apostolic Nursery/Primary School, Ijero, on Tuesday, Governor Kayode Fayemi said parents and guardians of any child of school age found hawking during school hours in Ekiti State would, henceforth, be made to face the wrath of the law.

Governor Fayemi, while giving the warning, reiterated the commitment of his administration to a "well-grounded education for children, with emphasis on science and technology."

He said his declaration of free and compulsory education up to senior secondary school was part of his eight-point agenda to meet the 2015 time line on Education for all (EFA) project.

According to Fayemi, the emphasis placed on the education sector was meant to enable the state to "regain and retain its leading position as a reservoir, where knowledge will be a major exportable product to other countries of the world."

SOURCE: Tribune