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Oyo State Government has declared war on those who sabotaged some of the newly constructed Model Schools in the State, saying the present administration will treat them as saboteurs who maliciously damaged Government properties.
This was stated today, through the Executive Chairman, Oyo State Universal Basic Education Board, Dr. Nureni Aderemi Adeniran in Ibadan.
Speaking on the destruction of properties at a new Model School completed by the State Government in Ibadan, the Governor promised that when caught, perpetrators of such acts would be punished with extreme severity, regardless of their political affinity.
While he affirmed that the State Government, through the Board would not take with levity any vandalization on any of its properties built for the good use of pupils, he also called on Communities leaders to commit themselves into securing such properties built within their communities.
He promised that Government would carry out all necessary inquiries into what led to the destruction of items in the said school, saying the State Government is not a toothless dog who would not bite offenders.
Dr. Adeniran also said this administration will put an end to vandals’ pandemic in the State, adding that Government would put in place stiff security measures to guard schools and ensure rigid penalties for offending teachers and staff members who aid such primordial sentiments against Government.
“It is unfortunate that these deliberate destructive acts on one of our Model schools reportedly were aided by some teachers and staff members of the school, but let me assure you that this administration would tackle the menace of thuggery among our teachers in the interest of our children”, he said.
“This Government frowns at such shameful act and we promise to fish out those who master-minded this. As a Government, we will not allow anybody mortgage the future of our children, for their selfish interests”, he added.
He stressed further that the Governor-Seyi-Makinde led administration would not spare any penny in ensuring that pupils in the State enjoy free and quality education at no cost to their parents.
Dr. Adeniran avowed that the State Government would not back down on its core proposal to reform the public education system in the State.
Olamide Adeniji,
Media Officer to the Executive Chairman,
Oyo State Universal Basic Education Board,
Oyo State.
‘No More Excuses To Be Out of School’, Oyo Govt Tells Students
Students in public schools in Oyo State have been charged to use the opportunities provided by the present State administration to improve on their academic performance as there existed no more excuses for the students to stay out of school.
The Director of Personnel, Oyo State Teaching Service Commission (TESCOM), Mr Kolapo Abd-Rahman who said this while on monitoring of various public schools in the State on Monday was accompanied by a consultant to the State government on education, Prof. Kolapo Olusola and other officials of the commission.
Abd-Rahman emphasized the need for the students to seize the opportunity presented by the free education policy of the State as well as free textbooks and notebooks recently distributed by the Seyi Makinde-led administration to improve their performance in public examinations.
He called on those still roaming the street or engaging in learning of craft as a result of non-availability of fund to pay school fees and buy educational materials to return to school as the inputs have been made available by government while education to post-primary level had been declared free in the State.
“I want to call on those students that are still out there to come back to school as there is no more excuse for any of them to be out of school. The present administration has put in place enough incentives to make education attractive to our students.
“Nobody asks them to pay any fee any more and textbooks and notebooks are being distributed for free, so what is it that you will say is holding you back from having good education?
“The target of the government is to bring back all those that have left school because of payment of school fees and inability to buy books. Now that those are no more their worries, they should face the next level, which is to attend classes and improve in their performances in external examinations.”
Abd-Rahman also added that the idea of free lesson for secondary school students was to afford the students the opportunity to have more time to study and make up for the lost academic time due to their last holiday and the need to take the overall performance of the State to a commendable level.
“Governor Makinde’s commitment towards improving education by introducing “Government Intervention Lecture” for students in Senior Secondary School 3 (SSS 3) in form of extra lesson between Mondays and Thursdays by 2:30 to 4:30pm and on Saturdays between 9:00am to 1pm should be appreciated by our students and this can only be done by high margin of academic improvement.
“The style of teaching at the lesson will be different from the normal classes because the State has produced a compendium of past questions, covering eleven different subjects from year 2012 to 2018 which teachers will be using in those specific hours to teach our SS.3 students on how to answer WAEC questions.
“In fact and interestingly, the compendium will not only be given to public secondary schools students alone but also those children attending Private schools,” he added.
He then called on parents and students that the the ball is in their court to see this as a golden opportunity and reciprocate the government’s good gesture to make themselves be available, respond appropriately and suspend any trade they might have been learning as soon as the lessons commence by the second week of October.
Among the schools visited are Ikolaba High School, Ikolaba, Ibadan, Abadina College, U.I and Community Secondary School, all within Ibadan.
Hon. Wasiu Olatunbosun, PhD.,
Hon. Commissioner,
Min. of Information, Culture & Tourism,
Oyo State Government.
Oyo Schools resume on Monday 16th Sept. 2019
All schools In Oyo state resume on Monday 16th September 2019 for 2019/2020 Academic session,all schools are expected to be in schools from 8a.m while the teachers and students are to start the academic work immediately.
The Commissioner for Education, Science and Technology,Prof.Dahud Kehinde Shangodoyin disclose this during an Interview in his office.
The Commissioner disclosed further that quality education is one of the present administrations commitment and therefore encouraged them to work hard by preparing the students for excellent performance.
He also warned the teachers to desist from collecting a dime from any parents or students for anything.
Prof.Shangodoyin also appealled to the parents to be alive to their responsibilities which would make the children become valuable assets to both the parents and government in future.
The Commissioner re emphasized that the present administration is working assiduously to bring back the glory of education in the state and therefore enjoined the teachers to partner with the Government to achieve its goals in educational development.
Titi Adeyemi
Media Officer
