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BEQA D-G, Dr Terna Francis
The Benue State Government has vowed to arrest and prosecute parents of children hawking during school hours instead of studying in the classroom.
The Director General of the Benue State Education Quality Assurance Agency (BEQA), Dr Terna Francis, handed down the warning when he was featured on a live NTA Makurdi programme tagged: “BLISS”.
Francis emphasised that education remained a right as aptly captured in the Child’s Rights Act of Benue State 2008.
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He noted that in the Makurdi metropolis children who should be in school were often seen hawking all manner of wares during school hours. (Daily Trust)
