The Oyo State Governor, Seyi Makinde has urged teachers in the state as schools reopens today for the 2019/2020 academic session, to resume work immediately.
The directive originated in a declaration published on the weekend from the Commissioner for Education, Science and Technology, Prof. Kehinde Sangodoyin.
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Prof. Sangodoyin, who urged educators, supported employees and students to guarantee that they started quickly, said they also had to make sure that nothing prevented the immediate start of academic operations, including teaching and learning.
He also said that part of the Governor Seyi Makinde led administration agenda is to ensure quality education that will yield best academic performance is put in place.
He said: “We are using this medium to congratulate our pupils in public and private schools for their resumption on September 16 and call on the teachers to engage them in academic exercises immediately.
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“The current administration is doing all possible best to change the tide for better in achieving the best for the state in the area of students’ academic performance and improvement in national rating of the state in external examinations.
“To this end, facilities and teacher’s remuneration will be at the forefront of the government reckoning to achieve the lofty goal, while teachers are expected to do their bit to justify government’s strict adherence to providing the best enabling environment for their performance.”
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The foremost academic administrator warned teachers to desist from collecting any money from any parent or student under the guise of collection of levies.
Shangodoyin appealed to parents to be alive to their responsibilities to make the children become valuable assets to the parents and society in future.
He said the present administration was working to take back the glory of state education, calling on alumni and corporate bodies of colleges to promote the state’s current trend of making education available to everyone.
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