The Ekiti State Authorities has reiterated its dedication to free and obligatory schooling as much as Senior Secondary Faculty (SS3) as each personal and public colleges resume on Tuesday, September 17, 2024, for the brand new tutorial session.
The federal government acknowledged that its agenda is to make sure that each youngster, no matter background, has entry to high quality schooling for gratis.
It added that satisfactory provisions have been made for amenities comparable to furnishings, in addition to trendy instructing and studying supplies for the graceful working of the schooling sector.
The state Commissioner for Data, Mr. Taiwo Olatunbosun, gave the peace of mind over the weekend throughout a two-day tour of some developmental tasks executed by the present administration.
He mentioned the aim is to enhance academic entry and outcomes within the state and foster a brighter future for coming generations.
Olatunbosun mentioned that the quite a few interventions by the state authorities are geared toward enhancing college enrolment, helping economically deprived college students, selling tutorial achievements, and lowering the variety of out-of-school kids to the barest minimal.
The commissioner added that as colleges within the state resume for the brand new session, all 203 public secondary colleges within the state have benefited from the development of recent constructions, renovation of previous ones, and provision of studying instruments and working grants.
These efforts intention to make sure the graceful operation of the faculties and create a conducive environment for instructing and studying within the state.
Based on him, the Oyebanji administration additionally repeatedly gives monetary help for indigent and different deprived college students by means of Conditional Money Switch (CCT) and different interventions to their mother and father, as a way to remove causes of elevated out-of-school kids and attend to the wants of scholars with particular wants.
He mentioned, “Along with the structural upgrades, the federal government is prioritising science and expertise by procuring cutting-edge laboratory tools and ICT instruments for schooling to organize our college students for the challenges of tomorrow. With this growth, college kids within the state now have entry to state-of-the-art laboratories and trendy laptop programs that can help them in science, expertise, and innovation.”
Faculties visited in the course of the tour included the Mannequin Good Faculty on the Ekiti Information Zone (EKZ) in Ijan Ekiti, the Particular Faculty in Ido-Ekiti with a newly constructed remedy room and renovated eating corridor designed to foster a supportive setting for college students with distinctive wants.
Different tasks inspected by the staff included the 100-capacity hostel at Command Secondary Faculty, Isan Ekiti, the ultramodern ICT Centre and modernised Catering Division at Authorities Technical Faculty, Igbara Odo, in addition to the brand new ICT Centre at Corpus Christi Faculty, Ilawe-Ekiti, and several other different newly renovated buildings geared toward equipping college students with important expertise for the digital age, amongst others.
