Isoko South Local Government of Delta State has taken two firm measures to boost public sector education in the area, with a vote of N11.5million.

The measures are the payment of the WASCE registration fee for final year students of public secondary schools in the area, and the procurement of N7.5 million worth of exercise books for public primary and junior secondary schools in the council area.

A total of N4 million was committed to the WASCE registration exercise for the 17 public secondary schools in the area.

Disclosing these in Na So We See Am, a vote of Delta, Asaba, pidgin English programme monitored in Ibusa, the Chairman of the council and State Chairman of the Association of Local Governments of Nigeria (ALGON), Chief Askia Ogeah, said the council took the actions in an attempt to ease the burden of parents in meeting the financial cost of buying books and registering their children for the WASCE.

Chief Ogeah, equally, said that the measures, particularly the WASCE registration, was intended to curb the exodus of final year students to the so-called miracle centres outside of the state.

He pledged to continue with the measures, if they prove effective in meeting the intended goals.

The Chairman urged parents to desist from withdrawing their pupils from public primary schools.

Rather, he added, parents and other stakeholders must cooperate to resolve whatever perceived problem that was encouraging parents to withdraw their pupils from the public primary school system.