The Governor of Ekiti State, Dr Kayode Fayemi has disclosed that the state government would prosecute parents of out of school children in the state.
He added that the State’s Child’s Right law provides that all children must be given access to education.
The Ekiti State government had last week commenced school enrolment drive aimed at ensuring that all school-age children register for the forthcoming 2019/2020 academic session.
Dr Fayemi who stated this in Eporo, Emure-Ekiti during the sensitisation programme called on all parents and guardians to key into the free education programme of his administration, saying, ” education is not only free but compulsory in Ekiti State.”
He added that it is an abuse of Child’s Right for any parent or guardian to deny school-age children the opportunity to go to school.