Bayelsa’s Governor Douye Diri has approved the release of N192 million to enable 2,011 senior secondary school students in the state to write their 2024 final year examinations at no cost to parents.

The West African Examination Council (WAEC) and the National Examination Council (NECO) are the agencies that conduct the examinations.

The commissioner for information, orientation and strategy, Ayibaina Duba, told journalists on Wednesday in Yenagoa that benefiting students were drawn from 13 government model secondary schools in the state.

Mr Duba said the approval was in consonance with the sustained policy of the governor in the past four years in the area of education.

He said government’s annual payment of WAEC and NECO examination fees was a deliberate investment in education and human capital development.

“In addition to the payment of WAEC and NECO examination fees, government funds Unified Primary School Leaving Examination and Junior Secondary School Certificate examinations of pupils at no cost to parents,’’ he said.

Mr Duba urged the Bayelsa people to look forward to the second tenure of Mr Diri with greater optimism.

(NAN)