Governor Godwin Obaseki yesterday said his administration is planning to hand over some government owned schools to Missions and oth...
Governor Godwin Obaseki yesterday said his
administration is planning to hand over some government owned schools to
Missions and other private persons that would be interested in developing such
schools. The government gave this hint at the occasion of the 60th Founder’s
Day Anniversary of Our Lady of Fatima College, Auchi (OLOFOBA) in Etsako West
local government area of the state.
Represented by the Commissioner for Education, Jimoh Ijegbai, Obaaeki said it
was part of his administration’s design to revamp the education sector in the
state. He said the guidelines for the plan was already being worked out and
that the process would commence in the second term of the administration. He
said “What we are trying to achieve is to see that government effectively
concentrate on the left over schools that are not doing well after others must
have been taken over by interested persons or groups. “Some public schools will
be handed over by anybody or persons who will be capable of effectively
managing them. “Gov. Obaseki administration is trying to reopen the educational
system; he started with the basic because of the need to get it right from the
foundation.
Having done with this, we will be upgrading next year by introducing the same technology in our Secondary Schools. We will be starting with the JSS1 and then move to JSS 2. He commended members of the OLOFOBA on their 60th anniversary, challenged them to be part of the effort at developing the institution that contributed in shaping their lives.
In his speech, the President of the association, Mr
Pascal Ugbome, who expressed the determination of the body to contribute to the
development of the School, bemoaned the infrastructural decay in the 60th years
of existence. The occasion was celebrated with lots of fun fares. Other State Governors are employed to follow suite in order to accord education its rightful place in the society. With this there is hope for a better standard of sustainable education.
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