Writing of mock examination is henceforth compulsory for prospective candidates of National Examination Council and West African Senior School Examination.

At a meeting of the management of the Ministry of Education and proprietors of private schools in Lokoja on Wednesday, the Commissioner for Education, Science and Technology, Hon. Wemi Jones FCIB IION reiterated the State Education Law 2020 that made mandatory the State Common Entrance and MOCK examinations; emphasising that schools in the state should comply and operate within the stipulated law.

The Commissioner explained that the guidelines of Kogi Education Law 2020 as approved is not punitive but designed to aid school owners to operate effectively and the Ministry to project and prepare schools in the state to best standards.

He encouraged owners of private schools who had hitherto failed to register with the Ministry to do so immediately as unapproved schools would not be allowed to write external examinations.

He further appealed to private school owners to register with the National Association of Proprietors of Private Schools for ease of administration.

In separate remarks, the Chairman of Happy City Chapel, Mr Borngreat M.A., Proprietor of Glorylink Academy, Egbe, Pst. Ekundayo Ayorinde and Mall Abdulkareem Sadik-Audu of Wakili Academy, Nagazi pledged their support for the present educational development in the state.

They appealed to the Ministry to create a forum for orientation of parents on school administration and also advised that the MOCK examination be reorganised for better results.