Osun State Governor, Ademola Adeleke, has expressed his administration’s commitment to improving the performance of students from the state in national examinations. Speaking at the commissioning of a computer-based examination centre donated by the Chief of Army Staff, Lt. Gen. Faruk Yahaya under the civil-military intervention projects in Obokun on Thursday, Governor Adeleke described the current standing of Osun State in public examinations as unpalatable.
The Governor, who was represented by his deputy, Kola Adewusi, highlighted measures put in place by his government to take the state to the top in performance rating in public examinations. “My government is focused on reversing the current poor standing of the state in public examinations and placing it between number one to ten on performance rating,” he said.
In his efforts to achieve this, Governor Adeleke explained that his administration had given urgent attention to improving the learning environment, learning tools and teacher-student question. He also mentioned that teachers’ welfare is high on the agenda to motivate teachers in the teaching-learning process, and that his government is already prioritising the improvement of schools by embarking on the renovation and upgrading of facilities.
The Governor emphasised that his administration’s approach to students’ welfare is to address the general poverty crisis within the society through accelerated focus on grassroots development. This, according to him, is targeted at ensuring that alleviating community poverty will provide enabling home environments for students to improve their learning capacities.
Furthermore, the Governor stated that efforts are ongoing to revive the nine computer centres located in schools across the nine federal constituencies, adding that his team of technocrats recently hosted several meetings on tech-assisted learning and examination processes.
He welcomed the new facility as a great addition to his administration’s push for improved educational attainment for students in Osun State, saying that all Ministries, Departments and Agencies are to relate with implementing agencies for seamless operations and collaboration:
“Commissioned projects should be integrated into state activities. We should not allow federally donated projects to waste away after commissioning for whatever reasons,” the Governor reiterated.
