Governor Abiodun
The government of Governor Dapo Abiodun of Ogun State has again reiterated its determination to pursue a free qualitative education for its general citizenry.
This was affirmed yesterday by the Special Adviser to the Governor on Education, Science and Technology, Prof. Abayomi Arigbabu as schools in the state resumed for the 2023/2024 academic session.
Prof. Abayomi Arigbabu, while monitoring the resumption of learners yesterday noted that enough facilities were supplied to schools based on their need assessments, adding that the gesture was to ensure that learners are comfortable for better productivity.
Some newly admitted school children yesterday
Prof. Arigbabu appreciated the school Principals, Headteachers, Teachers, Non-teaching Staff and Parents for working in tandem with the present administration’s policy on education, reiterating that the cancellation of various levies was an indication of the government’s commitment to further ensuring education for all, tackle out of school menace and promote free qualitative education for the citizenry.
He expressed satisfaction with the turnout of learners, welcome test conducted by schools, cleanliness of the school compound and readiness of the learners for the new academic calendar, saying the signing of Undertaking Forms becomes a continuous exercise and one of the requirements for admission, to further ensure adequate security and fight against social vices challenges in schools.
“We have gone round the schools, I’m impressed with what I saw. Some of the Schools we noticed are in need of furniture, furniture was produced and distributed to them for smooth academic activities”, the Special Adviser said.
Speaking, the Principals of some of the monitored schools, Our Lady of Apostles, Junior and Senior, Mrs. Bukola Osodi and Mrs. Olajoke Adelaja, Ijebu Muslim College, Junior and Senior, Mrs. Taibat Jimoh and Alhaja Idowu Adeniran, Remo Secondary School, Junior and Senior, Mr. Samuel Soneye and Mrs. Shuaib lauded the government for the part payment of the running cost, which had aided the well-planned resumption.
Expressing their gratitude to the present government for the huge investment in the education sector, Mrs. Bisiriyu Abosede and Iyabode Babatunde, attested to the facts that the present administration is really working hard to give learners a better standard of education, saying the cancellation of all forms of levies in schools, made it easier for parents to enrol their children.
Other schools visited include, Ogbogbo Baptist Grammar School, Ogbogbo Ijebu, Muslim Girls’ High School, Ijebu-Ode, Sonyindo Community High School, Sagamu, Abeokuta Grammar School, Idi-Aba, Abeokuta, LawNet International School, Idi-Aba, Abeokuta and Government Technical College, Idi-Aba, Abeokuta.
In a related development, teachers in the state public primary schools have been advised to simplify their teaching techniques by making use of simple illustrations and diagrams for easy assimilation.
The Chairman, State Universal Basic Education Board (SUBEB), Dr. Femi Majekodunmi made the call during a monitoring exercise to some Public Primary Schools in Ijebu North Local Government, as schools resume for the 2023/2024 academic session.
Dr. Majekodunmi emphasised the need for them to take advantage of Information and Communication Technology, as a way of adopting new teaching methods for improved academic performance.
He noted that all hands must be on deck to ensure that quality and affordable education programmes of the present administration achieve the desired result, expressing satisfaction at the teachers’ commitment and attendance to duty in all the schools visited.
“The teachers are doing their work, I can see that they are punctual, hardworking, and dedicated. We did not see any of them loitering around, and I am impressed with all the schools we have visited”, Majekodunmi said.
He enjoined parents and guardians to avail their wards of the free basic education policy of the State government, make them punctual in schools and monitor their assignments.
Responding, the Headmistress, Local Government Primary School, Ago Iwoye, Mrs. Kafaru Latifat said teachers are ready to complement the government’s effort towards achieving the desired goals of the present administration in the education sector.
Other schools visited are Sagun United Primary School, Oru, Awa, Ilaporu and Early Education Centre, A Model Nursery and Primary School, Ijebu Igbo.
Meanwhile, the state Ministry of Education, Science and Technology has also released yesterday, the placement list of primary six completers from Public and Private Schools into neighbourhood Public Junior and Secondary Schools for the new3 session.
A release signed by the Special Adviser to the Governor on Education, Science and Technology, Prof. Abayomi Arigbabu indicated that learners could log in through https:ogsera.ogunstate.gov.ng to access and confirm their school of placement.
It added that the admission could be processed by clicking on enrolment management, learner’s placement, my placement and filter session to 2023/2024 to confirm schools they are placed.
