The Ondo State Governor, Mr.
Rotimi Akeredolu, has refuted the reports that his administration has concluded
plans to stop free education for the students of public schools in the state.
A communiqué issued at the end of
the 2017 Ondo State Summit held in Akure, last week, had stated, as part of its
19 recommendations, that the state government would only be funding primary
school education while parents should be responsible for the education of
their children in secondary schools and tertiary institutions.
Many people came hard on the
governor over the development.
However, in a statement on Monday
by the Ondo State Commissioner for Information and Orientation, Mr. Yemi
Olowolabi, the state declared that it had not stopped free education.
The statement said the state
government had yet to approve the recommendations of the summit and the
government could not implement the recommendations until the final approval by
the State Executive Council.
“The communiqué from the summit
is as a result of the summary of the views of all the stakeholders in the
education sector in the state and over 2,000 stakeholders drawn from all walks
of life participated in the two-day summit.
“It is expected that at the end
of any summit, there is a communiqué, but it should be noted that the
communiqué from the summit is not yet the position of the government or
government policy.
“Expectedly, the state
Commissioner for Education, whose ministry organised the summit, will
ultimately present the communiqué to the State Executive Council, where every
point in it will be thoroughly discussed and debated before government takes a
position,” it said.
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