Category: Oyo State State Universal Basic Education Board

Education Remains The Driving Force For  Development in Oyo —Makinde

..assures adequate support to GPE BESDA-AF Project in Oyo

Oyo State Governor, ‘Seyi Makinde, on Wednesday, said that Education remains the driver of Oyo State’s development.

The Governor, who spoke through his Deputy, Barr ‘Bayo Lawal, while hosting the members  of World Bank and Global Partnership for Education Project BESDA-AF-TESS in his office, Secretariat, Ibadan, assured adequate support to Better Education Service Delivery for All (GPE Financed Alternative Funding).

The Governor explained that his administration will continue to prioritize education, saying it remains one of the pillars of his administration.

He maintained that education is in the forefront of the present administration’s activities and is one of the main tenets of the administration’s agenda, while emphasizing that the current administration has allocated about 21 percent of its budget to education.

He pledged that the Oyo State will put in place all necessary mechanisms to ensure the successful implementation of the project in the State .

He, therefore, admonished them  not to entertain fear regarding what needed to be done as a State.

According to him, “Oyo State hosts the first university in Nigeria,  founded in 1940 , in Ibadan and the first teaching hospital , the university college, which is in Ibadan and the first research institute .

“We have attached importance to our development in education because it’s the driver for development.

“If the young ones are not educated, the future is impoverished as the State takes education significantly.

“We thank you for coming, as your coming is a reminder of what we have been doing in Nigeria. Education has impacted positively on the lives of our people, and we believe that education is sine-qua-non.

“I am reassuring you that the Oyo State Government will give adequate support for your mission. We are going to look at those areas of challenges you have identified.

In his brief remark, the commissioner for Education,  Science and Technology, Prof. Salihu Adelabu, noted that the State is working assiduously on the issue of grants disbursement and also the recruitment of primary school teachers and redeployment of teachers.

Earlier, the National Project coordinator, Dr. (Mrs.) Folake -David,  said BESDA is an educational programme geared towards providing better, accessible and equitable education to Nigerian citizens.

She revealed that the Federal Government, in collaboration with the State Government, is being assisted by the World Bank to ensure every citizen has access to qualitative education with a view to reducing the out of school children in the Country.

She said the BESDA AF-TESS, Project is being run  in the major three states: Oyo, Adamawa and Kastina, saying it is a 4-year programme, that commenced in 2022 and to be ended by October, 2025.

She explained that Oyo State has been on the top of the game but needs to move faster in the area of disbursement of grants; construction of classrooms and recruitment of Teachers to Primary Schools.

The meeting was attended by the Chairman, Oyo State Teaching Service Commission, Pastor Akinade Alamu, Chairman, Oyo State Universal Basic Education, Dr. Nureni Adeniran and the hosts of others.

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Unified Exams: “Ban On Illegal Levies Still In Force”, Oyo Gov’t.

The Oyo State Government has reiterated that the ban on collection of illegal levies in public schools was still in force, warning that it would deal with anyone contravening the ban.

This is coming on the heels of reports that some errant teachers, compelled pupils to pay for the ongoing second term unified promotion examination, for public primary schools.

The Chairman, Oyo State Universal Basic Education Board, Dr. Nureni Aderemi Adeniran, gave the warning on Thursday in Ibadan, while monitoring the exams.

According to him, the present administration in Oyo State, since inception has been responsible for the printing of question and answer sheets for its unified examination exercise.

Dr. Adeniran explained that the Government has ensured the examination timetable is adhered to by all schools in the State.

He said that Government cancelled the payment of fees by pupils and students in public, however it discovered that some errant staff imposed illegal fees in some areas.

Dr. Adeniran advised parents and guardians to report any case of collection of illegal fees to the Board, adding that the Government is alive to its responsibilities.

“Let me begin by apologising to parents and guardians whose pupils were forced to bring money for examinations. This is not from the Board, and I will appeal to such parents to report the teachers to the Board.”

“The Oyo State Government has ensured that all necessary arrangements are put in place for a hitch free examination exercise. We paid for the printing and delivery of question and answer sheets”, he added.

Adeniran added, “We are committed to the free and compulsory universal basic education, hence, no school or head teacher found imposing or collecting any levy not approved by government, will go unpunished”.

“The Governor, Engr. Seyi Makinde has been regular in the payment of the Oyo State counterpart fund with the Universal Basic Education Commission (UBEC), hence we access our funds and use them to develop infrastructure and capacity of personnel,’’ he added.

Adeniran explained that the campaign against examination malpractice and truancy in public schools were yielding desired result.

He also commended the smooth conduct of examination in the centres visited.

According to him, teams from the Board are in other zones of the State to monitor the ongoing examination exercise.

The Coordinating Director, OYOSUBEB, Mrs. Olaide Ladipo, Deputy Directors and Assistant Directors were on the monitoring team of the Chairman.

Schools visited on Tuesday were: Community Basic School, 1&2, Olorunsogo; Community Primary School, Olosunde; Atolu Model School 1-4, Oremeji; among others.

Schools visited today include, UAMC School, Eleja, Odo-Ona; AUD Primary School; UMC Basic School, Oke-Ado; Abiola Jacobs Schools 1,2,3; and Army Children School, Iwo-road.

 

E-signed:

Media Team,

OYOSUBEB.

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Oyo BESDA Distributes 33 Motorcycles to School Support Officers For Effective Service Delivery

Oyo BESDA Distributes 33 Motorcycles to School Support Officers For Effective Service Delivery

Oyo State Better Education Service Delivery for All Additional Financing -Transforming Education Services Delivery (BESDA AF-TESS), on Wednesday, distributed Thirty -Three Motorcycles to School Support Officers (SSO) across all the local Government areas of the State for easy access to hard to reach schools.

The Commissioner for Education, Science and Technology, Prof. Salihu Adelabu while presenting the keys of the motorcycles to school support officers from the beneficiaries MDAs, which includes, TESCOM, SUBEB and Ministry of Education, Science and Technology, at Ministry’s Car Park, Agodi, Secretariat, Ibadan, reiterated the commitment of the present administration to reduce numbers of out of School Children in the State.

Prof. Adelabu noted that the Oyo State Government, with support from the World Bank, is working assiduously to strengthen the educational system in the State and also improve the performances of the students in four key subjects.

The Commissioner explained that the motorcycles will enable the school support officers to cover the schools within the cities and rural areas during monitoring and data gathering in relation to out of school children and other important areas.

He added that part of the agenda of the state government and World Bank under the BESDA project is to ensure there is an improvement in the teaching and learning process of the English language, Mathematics, Science, and Information Communication Technology in public schools in the State.

He revealed that plans are under way to construct a block of classrooms, toilets, and other essential facilities in the selected schools in the State under the BESDA AF- TESS 2024 work plan.

In his remarks, the State’s Coordinator of BESDA-AF-TESS, Dr. Bamidele Odekunle, said the motorcycles distributed are not palliatives but an intervention to improve and strengthen the education system in the State.

He explained that there are four subjects (Mathematics, English Language, ICT, Basic Science and Technology) that need to improve upon across the State.

Odekunle said that the supervisors will be moving round the nooks and crannies of the State to ensure that the teachers handling the four subjects are well tutored and get the required skills for the job.

He hinted that there are some schools that are difficult to reach by vehicles; hence, there is a need for the distribution of the motorcycles to aid easy access and coverage of these schools by designated officers.

He appreciated the Global Partnership for Education and the World Bank for adding value to the education sector of the State, assuring that collective goals of involved partners would be achieved within the stipulated time.

Earlier, the BESDA AF- TESS steering committee had a meeting for the first quarter of the year at the conference room of the ministry of education, where 2023 implementation activities were reviewed.

The meeting had in attendance the Commissioner for Education, Science and Technology, Prof. Salihu Adelabu, Chairman, Teaching Service Commission (TESCOM), Pastor Akinade Alamu; Chairman, Oyo State Universal Basic Education Board, Dr. Nureni Adeniran; Special Adviser to the Governor on Education Intervention, Oloye Suraj Tiamy and a host of others.

 

E-Signed

Media Team,

MoES&T

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“Consider The Future of Our Pupils”, OYOSUBEB Tells Church with Cemetery On School Land

The Oyo State Government has appealed to the leadership of a church that shares boundary with St. Paul’s Primary School, Odo ona, Ibadan to consider the future of pupils, and stop leasing the school’s open land as burial sites.

Recall that, the Oyo State Government in September 2023 issued a directive against the erection of structures on open spaces within schools in the State, describing it as illegal.

The disclosure was made today by the Executive Chairman, Oyo State Universal Basic Education Board, Dr. Nureni Aderemi Adeniran during a monitoring exercise of resumption in the State.

The Oyo State Universal Basic Education Board dispatched teams across basic schools to monitor the resumption of students for the second term.

At the school, located in Odo-ona, Ibadan, the Chairman and his team noted that the church, apart from encroaching on the available space, built graves close to classrooms.

Adeniran said that, beyond the space left for the school, the presence of the cemetery in a school premises is an issue the Board cannot live with.

“It was gathered that the church that shares land space with the school just started encroaching on the school space, leasing the available land as a burial ground”, he said.

“Hence, it is unfair that the siting of the school and its pupils did not matter to the church, making the school and the burial site share a very close boundary”.

“In one of the classrooms, a look through the window by the pupils would mean a look into the world of the dead because of the close proximity”, Adeniran lamented.

Adeniran continued, “For a school that has a functional cemetery as its neighbour, that means witnessing burial rites has become a part of the learning process for the pupils”.

Dr. Adeniran therefore instructed the Education Secretary, Ibadan South-West, Mrs. Morenike Adeniran and other Local Government Universal Basic Education Authority staff members to meet with the Vicar of the church.

While monitoring other schools within the Ibadan metropolis, Dr. Adeniran explained that the Oyo State Government has warned Headteachers against late resumption.

He however expressed satisfaction with the compliance of teachers in schools monitored, appealing to parents to release their children, as school activities have begun.

Speaking earlier at St. Paul’s Primary school, a Community leader, Rev. Julius Oguns said the land title bears the name of the school and not the church.

He appealed to the Oyo State Government to wade into the matter, as pupils are being exposed to unwholesome views of the cemetery in a learning environment.

Schools monitored were, St. Paul’s Primary School, Gada-Apata, Odo ona, Ibadan; Christ the King Catholic School, Odo ona; Community Model Basic School, Elewura.

Others are St. John School 1& 2, Aremo; Methodist Basic School I&II, Agodi, Ibadan among others.

 

 

Media Team, 

Oyo State Universal Basic Education Board,

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