The final year students of Lumen Christi, a private school in Asaba, closed by the State Government over registration irregularities, have been relocated to a public school.

The Commissioner for Basic and Secondary Education, Prof. Patrick Muoboghare, told the News Agency of Nigeria in Asaba on Sunday that the students were relocated to St. Patrick’s College, Asaba.

Muoboghare said that the relocation was to enable them to participate in the ongoing Senior Secondary School Certificate Examination.

He added that affected primary six pupils had been relocated to Asagba Primary School, Asaba, for the First School Leaving Certificate Examination.

The commissioner said that the measures were to ensure that the children and their parents did not suffer unduly “following the unwholesome action of the school proprietors.

“The relocation was also in response to pleas by parents whose children attended the shut school. We cannot allow the final year children to suffer because of the actions of the owners of their school.

“It is for their sake that we decided to take them to our own school so that they can sit for their final examinations”, Muoboghare explained.

Then state government closed the Lumen Christi in February, over alleged fraudulent registration.

According to the Ministry of Basic and Secondary Education, the school management “tricked” it into approving the school “with fake details.’’ NAN