She suffered much in the hospital. It announced to students that it was shutting down the water source as it was contaminated. For six weeks, TheCable made several efforts to speak with the officials of the federal ministry of education in Abuja, and despite complying with all the bureaucratic demands, the newspaper was still unable to get an official response. Brian Martin, 71, appointed himself 'Provost' of 37,000 a year Queen Ethelburgers School (pictured), near Harrogate, North Yorkshire, and moved it to his country estate in Ouseburn. Martin was also found guilty of indecent assault on a girl in the early-to-mid 1990s at another retrial held in 2019. 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Queen Ethelburgas School in North Yorkshire - which charges fees of up to 34,000 a year - denied allegations from the Independent School Inspectorate (ISI) that the devices were put in to monitor minor disciplinary breaches, The ISI emergency report states the pupils had expressed concern over the cameras, and that they thought they were being used to catch pupils behaving inappropriately (e.g. Moment commuter blasts eco-zealots, Unseen footage of Meghan Markle during her teenage years, Russian freight train derails and bursts into flames after explosion, Royal superfans camping on The Mall ahead of King's Coronation, Women's rights activists and pro-trans campaigners separated, Historic chairs to be reused by the King for the coronation service, Saboteurs wreck Russian train cut power cables 37mi from Ukraine, Braverman: People crossing Channel are 'at odds with British values', Cambridge students party in the park during annual celebrations, Moment large saltwater crocodile snatches pet dog off beach in QLD, Devastating tornado picks up car and hurls it through air in Florida, Hundreds of Household Division members rehearse for coronation. They are used primarily for security purposes and to assist with significant disciplinary breaches.". The tenure of Osime was a mess financially. When she eventually picked the call, she said she was in a meeting. WebThe owner of Queen Ethelburgas School near Harrogate has been sent to prison for three years and three months for non-recent sexual abuse of a boy and a girl. They went mostly into private pockets. Queen Ethelburga's is a school for boys and girls between three and 19, founded in Harrogate in 1912. Please note: Data provided by the Independent Schools Council (ISC). 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In the opinion of many, the deaths of Vivian, Bithia and Praise are consequences of that regulatory failure and the extremely poor sanitary conditions at Queens College hostels during the tenure of Amodu. But why are people so wicked, sacrificing the lives of promising children for personal gains. 82.5. Whether there was a Chinenye Okoye or not, there were other findings beyond her which were in the petition. On February 5 when the meeting held, it was a large house as many parents and guardians attended in good numbers. Throughout my time here, I have found The Kings Theatre to be a wonderful venue to support our goals to offer a fantastic programme of drama, music, dance, comedy and film. In private conversations, some said the schools glory had departed. In court Queen Ethelburgas principal Steven Jandrell said governors had decided to prevent Dr Zhou from being a guardian after he failed to give an undertaking that he would ensure pupils were placed in supervised accommodation. Mrs. Beatrice, too bad. I feel the pains and anguish the parents and families of the dead girls are going through, only God can console them Concerning sent forth for Mrs Osime the Minutes of the general meeting before her exit should be looked into to know whether her sent off was approved or not. However he believes the school wanted to get rid off him because he could have been seen as a whistleblower on what he called Queen Ethelburgas wrongdoing and unprofessional behaviour. However, parents who spoke to TheCable remember Osime as a very corrupt principal even though she is an expert in dousing tension and calming frayed nerves. Founded in 1927, QC used to be a school to envy. This was despite the fact that the lunch was supposed to be served between 2:50 and 3:30pm. Two years later, she also lost her mother, Banke, a business woman. TheCable spoke with more than a dozen people in the aftermath of the gastroenteritis epidemic that broke the heart of a nation and for which nobody has been brought to book. In his written evidence he vehemently denied allegations that under-performing pupils were moved into the faculty. QEs Early Years Foundation Stage provision in Chapter House was also assessed as Outstanding in all areas. They were all involved in the deaths of those innocents., Federal Science and Technical College, Uromi Amodus new station. Dr Chaunjie Zhou is attempting to sue Queen Ethelburgas College, near York, after they removed him from his role for failing to ensure that some of his pupils were placed in supervised accommodation during school holidays. Want to bookmark your favourite articles and stories to read or reference later? I am a parent in QC and your administration did nothing except siphoning money meant for the welfare of the girls, you carry yourself so high after becoming the PTA chairman such that to even answer question from fellow parent become an headache, you are not fit at all for a PTA chairman because all that interest you was just your pocket and all personal gains from your position then. Is climate change killing Australian wine? Therefore, rather than an improvement on her arrival at Queens College, things only deteriorated under Amodu. Is Mrs Ladipo alive now? One of Martin's business addresses was the Monk's House which was the home of Branwell while he was tutor to the Robinsons' son. Det Sgt Graeme Bevington, who led the North Yorkshire Police investigation, was horrified by what happened next. I want to let the public know that the CCTV installed during my tenor was not to monitor our girls but for security reasons brought about by the Boko-harram adoption of girls in the North East of the country. The girls found a way to report the incident to their parents who also took up the matter with the former principal. They were also stooling and vomiting. WebSchool has a lot of money to throw at Departments. The students usually had their breakfast between 7 and 7:30am while dinner was usually 6:30 and 7pm daily. Osuinyi didnt know her daughters case was far more complicated than she imagined or was being told. It also ceased functioning since 1997 and was abandoned. The monarch reigned for an impressive 70 years. The pain is often constant in nature while the entry of bacteria usually leads to the formation of abscess and causes multiple organ failure and death. The circular, issued from the office of the director, human resource management in the ministry, was signed by M. B. Umar, on behalf of the education minister, Adamu Adamu. Thisis a special investigative project by Cable Newspaper Journalism Foundation (CNJF) in partnership with TheCable, supported by the MacArthur Foundation. Were it not for the intervention of the state health ministry, the school management would not have considered such drastic but necessary measure to temporarily close the school. It was largely hushed up at the time, believes Lesley Hitchen, Queen Ethelburgas press liaison officer. For years, the Queens College Old Girls Association had complained that the state of sanitary condition in the school was terrible. She added that she had informed the schools catering department not to give beans to the children again and that what happened was to be expected in a place with many children. And so, what the old girls expected would be a Pandoras Box which would open so many other cans of worms was killed and buried by the system to the disappointment of the students, the victims, their parents, families and the old girls. The circular was just what Amodu was looking for. A college whose students once upon a time had the best results in the West African Senior Secondary School Examinations has since lost its torch. As a mother, wife, administrator, civil servant, I make bold to say that if all you meted out on these poor and innocent girl turn out to be true, be assured that Karma will catch up with your own children. She had so many plans, so many dreams, yet they killed all of it, Bithias mum told TheCable in Sagamu, Ogun state, where the family had gone to attend a church retreat, as she struggled to hold back tears. The present situation where students pay close to one hundred thousand naira (N100,000) by way of various levies in a school that is tuition-free is absurd and unimaginable, they complained. Oforbike who bought his position as Chairman with money without knowing how Pta is being run because as he often says he is using Queens College Pta as a stepping stone to his ambition of becoming a House Representative member come 2019 I have nothing to say. Its a shame that a heartless woman like you managed such an school. Dr Howard Britton, 64, taught economics at fee-paying Queen But the colleges health facility could not cope with the number of students who came for treatment. What resulted was a shocking circular from the federal ministry of education in Abuja dated 10th October, 2016, with reference number ADF/ABJ/281/II/2 to all principals of federal unity schools in which it said no other group except PTAs were allowed in the colleges. The team prepared and submitted its report to the director of that department. They were all convinced that the girls death could have been prevented. She responded: Thanks for taking time to ask. She was 12 years, fivemonths and twoweeks old. were present in the water students were drinking in the school. Parents, old girls and activists have called on President Muhammadu Buharis administration to use the Queens College tragedy as an opportunity to prove its anti-corruption credential by making scapegoats of the officials who failed in their duties. When TheCable interviewed Akheatuamenon the parting gift to Osime, she said it was not inappropriate as other unity schools in the country also honour their former principals in the same manner. Mr Martin had already stepped down as chair of governors before the arrest and was handing over responsibilities as part of a planned management transition. Still, Amodu refused to give parents any hint that such was the colleges reality. She still refused to accept the real cause of the problem. WebQueen Ethelburgas, which charges around 34,000 a year for boarders, has now removed cameras from areas used by the youngest children after inspectors ruled this was Currently, the schools student population is 3,558, with girls from every state of the country, of whom about 2,800 are boarders. A spokesperson for Queen Ethelburga's College said Brian Martin, 66, had "stepped aside" from school matters. We gave those reports to the federal and state governments and they chose not to do anything about it. Some others describe her as a smart but cunning woman. Akhetuamen, a close ally of the former principal, gave her a controversial parting gift of N3 million on behalf of Queens College PTA. Interestingly, it was Amodu who also succeeded Osime at Federal Government Girls College, Gboko, Benue state, from where Osime was posted to Lagos. Like a candle in the wind, the girls light was blown out abruptly. However, the biggest culprit might be the ministry of education and its officials, a number of whom might have compromised. The fact-finding panel eventually indicted Oshifala in its final report, copies of which it forwarded to the federal ministry of education. She died after being rushed to the Lagos Sate University Teaching Hospital (LASUTH), Ikeja, following the epidemic at Queens College arising from the contamination of the schools water sources. Awkward! By the time the incident was over, Amodu had succeeded in forcing the parents to part with more money in employing additional cooks for the school. Umars official position was not stated in the letter. Even teachers who wanted to speak out feared being sacked. Had it been we were alerted on time on her condition and how bad her situation was, perhaps we could have known what to do. Above all, although Vivian, Bithia and Praise will never be able to fulfil their dreams again in life, and their painful deaths will remain a dent on the image of Queens College and the regulatory oversight of the federal ministry of education in Abuja, there is no doubt that the current situation provides a great opportunity to clean up the mess in Nigerias unity schools in particular and the countrys education system in general. By then, it was evident that the water situation in the school was the causative factor. However, barrister Giles Mooney, for Queen Ethelburgas, said Dr Zhou had never complained about the school and had recommended it to students. SMS and WhatsApp messages were sent to her, explaining that there were a few questions to ask her concerning the deaths at Queens College. It had been on for some time but got really bad during the tenure of Ekwutazia Osime, her predecessor who was principal between 2012 and 2015. The millionaire made a fortune in insurance and ran a string of companies including entertainment and equestrian businesses. To compound an already bad situation, sewage-contaminated water was used for cooking. TheCable would like to inform readers that the interview with Mrs. Beatrice Akhetuamen, former PTA chairman of Queens College, is on tape. The comments below have been moderated in advance. Please refresh the page or navigate to another page on the site to be automatically logged inPlease refresh your browser to be logged in, Queen Ethelburgas School in North Yorkshire denies the devices were put in to monitorminor disciplinary breaches, Find your bookmarks in your Independent Premium section, under my profile. Of course, Eric and Sussana were no longer themselves at that moment as they prayed and hoped that nothing tragic would happen to their beloved daughter. Even if the panel cleared Mr. Oshifala in the absence of any evidence of wrongdoing due to the fact that Chinenye Okoye didnt appear, but does that foreclose any possible incident? Some of the students who appeared before the panel were already out of school. The ministry would later reveal to the public that health records from the schools sickbay indicated that that no less than 1,200 pupils had come to the schools sickbay between January 15 and February 15 on account of abdominal pain, fever, vomiting and diarrhoea as a result of the gastroenteritis epidemic. 'They could not have possibly conceived that it would be at this supposed safe place where they would be harmed so significantly by someone in a position of trust.'. Sources at the school told TheCable that admission spaces were sometimes sold for N250,000 or even higher. Of the 3m handed to you as pseudo-gratuity, how much is left? And others didnt want their children to be targets of persecution by Oshifalas sympathisers or the school management. Surprisingly, TheCable investigations revealed that when the water project was completed, it was never extended to the students hostels. At the send-forth ceremony for Osime which held on March 19, 2016 at Teresa Chukwuma Hall, the main auditorium of the school, Akhetuamen announced to parents that with the safe water that will be extended to our girls, we are sure that they will not have water-borne diseases. Most populous nation: Should India rejoice or panic? 'Devil's Disciple' serial killer, 70, who was jailed for killing three people and admitting to eight murders Supermarkets pull THOUSANDS of Cadbury dessert products over food poisoning fears. Indeed our lives begin to end the moment we keep silent about things that matter. We are in pains, Osuinyi told TheCable. Its first principal was Miss Faith Wordsworth, a European. She died at 9:10am. The relationship between her and the old girls was thus a cat-and-mouse one. The millionaire, who moved to the village of Ferensby, near Harrogate, has been placed on the Sex Offenders' Register. She realised about N370 million during her tenure. She was not around, officials said on each occasion. All I want is for him to be asked if he ever released money for purification of drinking water after I left office this he did in bitterness that I did not follow money hungry people to campaign for him when he wanted to come into office. But parents werent the real targets. Vivian, the first girl to die, was a junior secondary school year two student. Making money from the water factory thus became the main concern of those at the helm of affairs in the college. Doggy day-care! Two other students, Vivian Osuinyi and Bithia Itulua, had died a few weeks earlier. Whatever I was doing then and even doing now is for posterity so that the right thing at least can be done for once in Queens College and the education ministry becomes more responsible to its obligations, she said. Martin was jailed for three years and three months at Leeds Crown Court after being convicted. And most importantly media houses, Blogs,Writers should do more of investigate journalism. She was joined by her brother Branwell, but his time there was to precipitate the crisis that led to his death. In the EYFS, it was school policy for staff to cover or stand in front of the cameras to shield the children when the children are changing.. Interestingly, their ailments and symptoms were similar. However, the house of Queens College PTA is divided. Through various forms of levies, she forced parents into parting with money all in the name of giving their children quality education. North Yorkshire Fire and Rescue were called to independent boarding school Queen Ethelburga's Collegiate in York after reports of a fire on Sunday (October 30) evening. To be fair, the rot in Queens College predated Amodus arrival at the college. National World Publishing Ltd. All rights reserved. One school singled out by consultants as particularly representative of the new wealth in boarding schools is Queen Ethelburgas Collegiate, near York. A former chair of governors at a North Yorkshire private school has been arrested in connection with an alleged historical sexual offence. Mrs Mann should be able to admit that on one on one she told me at the back of the school hall that I had done well for the College. 3 children died you couldnt even say ordinary RIP, you are only interested in allegation. 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