SS2 student suspended for slapping corps member in Ibadan

A Senior Secondary School 2 of Anglican Commercial Secondary School, Orita-Mefa, Ibadan, has been suspended for one month for slapping a corps member.

Oyo State Commissioner for Education, Science and Technology, Rahman Abdu-Raheem, ordered the immediate suspension of the student during a visit to the the school on Tuesday, February 15.

The commissioner also said the student on return would apologise to the corps member and sign an undertaking.

Addressing the students, Abdu-Raheem charged them to be of good behaviour, reiterating that the state government would not condone any act of indiscipline.

He warned that any student caught acting in uncivilized manners, henceforth, would be dismissed from schools in Oyo State.

Abdu-Raheem also charged teachers to be more dedicated and punctual at work.