The Bayelsa State Government has vowed to arrest and prosecute any parent who refuses to allow his child to acquire formal education.

The decision came on the heels of the signing into law of the Compulsory Primary and Secondary Education Law by Governor Seriake Dickson.

Addressing journalists on Thursday after a meeting by the State Executive Council, the Commissioner for Education, Jonathan Obuebite, said that with the signing of the bill into law, every child of school age must be enrolled in any of the various model schools in the state. Obuebite warned that the parents or guardians of any child seen loitering or hawking during school hours would be dealt with as provided in the new law.

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