The Oyo State government has
disclosed that about N5 billion will be expended to repair dilapidated
structures in both primary and secondary schools in the state.
Commissioner for Education,
Science and Technology Professor Adeniyi Olowofela made this disclosure at the
weekend during a meeting with the state leaders and representatives of the
Nigerian Union of Teachers (NUT), Association of Primary School Head Teachers
of Nigeria (AOPSHON) and All Nigeria Confederation of Principals of Secondary
Schools (ANCOPSS).
Olowofela explained that N3b
counterpart funding will be spent on primary education, while N1.9bn generated
from the students’ levies and state government’s internally generated revenue
will be spent on secondary schools in the state.
He noted that every step needed
for the smooth take off of the rehabilitation of schools in the state had been
concluded, stressing that in the next 12 months, majority of the primary and
secondary schools in the state would have worn new looks.
He said that the state’s School
Governing Boards (SGBs) for secondary schools in the state was yielding
positive results with many old students’ associations working on the
rehabilitation of structures in their schools, while some others have signified
interests, adding that the collaborative efforts between the government and
stakeholders in the education sector will restore its lost glory.
He assured the representatives of
the unions that those issues, which include dilapidated plants, teachers’
promotions, dearth of instructional materials, agonies of retired primary
school teachers, alleged certificate forgery, reversion of appointments in the
school system among others raised at the parley will be adequately addressed
and resolved.
He appreciated the doggedness and
commitment of the unions to ensuring quality education in the state, urging
that stakeholders should always put issues in proper perspective and be factual
in their presentation to the general public.
Secretary of NUT, Comrade Waheed
Olojede said that the union was not against local government autonomy but the
management and funding of primary schools should be domiciled with the state
government.
He said “There is danger in leaving the funding and management of primary school education with the local government.Click to signup for FREE news updates, latest information and hottest gists everyday
“If the federal government does not want the repeat of the suffering of primary school teachers and neglect of primary education between 1990–94, the funding of primary education should not be put under the whims and caprices of local government councils.
“The government could give the responsibility of management and funding of primary education to Universal Basic Education Commission (UBEC). We are not against local government autonomy but what we are against total control of funding and management of primary by the local government”, he said.
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