The Ondo State government has
declared that it will no longer pay for the registration for the West African
Senior School Certificate Examination (WASSCE).
The decision of the government
may not be unconnected with the recommendation of the stakeholder summit held
last month in the state.
Governor Oluwarotimi Akeredolu-led
government said parents and guardians should start paying for WAEC fees of
their children and wards, starting from next year.
The state Commissioner for
Education, Science and Technology, Mr Femi Agagu, alongside his information and
orientation counterpart, Mr. Yemi Olowolabi, disclosed this while speaking with
journalists in Akure after the State Executive Council.
Despite canceling the free
registration of WAEC, the state government disclosed that it will continue with
its free education policy for pupil school students in the state.
Agagu noted that the council had
critically examined the decisions of stakeholders at the last education summit
and resolved that government would continue to fund education at the primary
and post primary levels.
The State Executive Council,
according to the commissioner, also approved the setting up of an Education
Trust Fund that would help to mobilise funds for the education sector in the
state.
Adding that the Trust Fund would
be managed by a committee comprising prominent sons and daughters of the state,
Agagu said the committee would encourage each adult citizen of the state to pay
N1,000 into the Trust Fund.
Olowolabi announced that the
State Executive Council has approved the appointment of Prince Joel Oluwafemi
Adeluwoye as the new Asuada of Isuada in Owo Local Government Area.
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That is a good decision.
ReplyDeleteEducation should not be made FREE BUT the fees should be made affordable for citizen.
A token to acquire anything gives it more value