Concord Times (Freetown)
Ibrahim Tarawallie
8 February 2010
Freetown — Deputy head of the Anti-Corruption Commission, ACC has voiced out his commission's frustration at the number of alleged corrupt practices reported in some schools across the country.
Addressing members of the conference of principals in Freetown, Morlai Buya Kamara said the ACC was inundated with several reports of illegal charges, extortion, unfair treatment of pupils, illegal sale of pamphlets and extra school charges from the general public.
"The commission is seriously disturbed and worried about these problems in our schools. The commission's patience has been over-tested.. What we have in our schools today is complete system failure," he lamented.
Kamara said as a responsible commission, the ACC would not sit by and allow the educational system to collapse due to corruption, adding that they would ensure they enforce what was inside the ACC Act.
"This time around, we are very much determined to prove the conference of principals wrong. Let us try and improve the system because if we leave it as it is right now, posterity will not be kind to us," he maintained.
Kamara said some principals need commendation because of their role in ensuring that the education system is improves.
ACC's director of systems and processes review unit, Neneh Dabo said the commission has realized that since the release of the education report last year, not much has been done.
She encouraged the school authorities to report to the commission issues of importance.
Some of the schools that were reported to the ACC include; St. Augustine secondary school in Lungi for increase in school fees; Government Rokel secondary school; Government Model; and Albert Academy for illegal sale of pamphlets to pupils; and Prince of Wales for unfair treatment to pupils.
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