The Oyo state government has tasked teachers in the state to justify its investment in the education sector through an improvement in student’s performance in external examinations.
In particular, teachers and school heads in Oyo state have been tasked to meet a target of 80 percent of her SS3 students having a minimum of credit passes in five subjects including English and Mathematics in WASSCE and NECO at one sitting.
Governor Seyi Makinde handed down this mandate in his message to a building workshop/training for principals and vice principals of public secondary schools organised by the Oyo state Post-Primary School Teaching Service Commission, held across zones of the state.
Expressing displeasure at the fallen standard of education in the state epitomised by the state ranking 26th in WASSCE, he noted a blend of the current re-positioning strategies of the state government and cooperation of teaching staff was bound to raise the education standard of the state.
Echoing the “to whom much is given, much is required” saying, Makinde urged school heads and teachers to justify government’s investments to include release of grants, increase in budgetary allocation to education, regular payment of salaries, approval of recruitment of teaching and non-teaching staff, resolve to carry out regular training and retraining of teachers.
“We also know that education standard in Oyo state is poor. Currently, the state is ranked twenty-sixth judging by the performance of our final year students in WASSCE. While we invite students to come in, we are also focused on raising the standard of education in Oyo state.
“It is our vision to revitalize education in Oyo state, raising it above the storm, breaking the glass ceilings in order to clinch the zenith of standard education for Oyo state children and making it an enduring legacy.
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