The Oyo State Commissioner of Education, Science and Technology, Prof. Salihu Adelabu, has warned principals, heads of schools, and teachers, among others, to desist from collecting illegal fees from students and parents.
Reiterating that education is free from primary to secondary school level in the state, Adelabu described the level of compliance of teachers and students with the resumption of the second term school calendar in the state as impressive.
A statement by the Media Team of the Ministry of Education said the commissioner made the observation while monitoring the resumption of schools in the Ibadan metropolis for the second term 2023/2024 academic activities.
(Nigeria’s primary and secondary school academic calendar is split into three (3) terms, which make up one academic year or session.)
Adelabu, who was accompanied by the Permanent Secretary, Mr Adeniyi Olusanjo, and directors from the ministry, encouraged the students to face their studies squarely and charged teachers to act professionally by bringing creativity and innovation into their teaching methods.
He explained that principals and teachers in all schools monitored were actively on the ground for academic activities and urged parents/ guardians who were yet to release their children/wards to quickly do so as academic activities had begun in earnest, saying keeping them back home would put them at a disadvantaged position among their colleagues.
“Today is the first day of resumption in our public primary and secondary schools in Oyo State. The enthusiasm of the teachers and students is very okay. Luckily enough, based on what I have seen, not less than 70 per cent of our students resumed and almost 97 per cent of the staff are in the schools.
With the morale of teachers and students, the second term will be a fruitful session for both the students and the teachers.
I will encourage the students to sit tight and face their studies squarely, and the teachers should act professionally by bringing creativity and innovation into their teaching methods,” he advised.
The schools monitored by the commissioner and his team included Oba Akibiyi Model School, Mokola; St. Louis Grammar School, Mokola; Government Secondary School, Orita-Aperin, and a host of others, all in Ibadan, the state capital.
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