Low turn out as schools resume

Failure of pupils to resume promptly after the expiration of their holidays has become a source of concern for teachers in Oyo town.

The teachers said the attitude of the students has become habitual and unbecoming for effective teaching and learning.

Some teachers who spoke anonymously suggested different resumption dates for staff and pupils as a measure of ensuring sanity to reverse the trend.

Our correspondent who monitored the attendance of pupils this morning at the various primary and secondary schools in Oyo town reported that they were virtually deserted except for teaching and non teaching staff who appeared in drenched dresses as a result of an early morning downpour.

Oyo Govt. Monitors Schools Resumption, Calls for Parents’ Cooperation

Meanwhile, Oyo State Government has called on parents to ensure they prepared their children and wards for resumption, with the commencement of the third term of the 2021/2022 session.

The Commissioner for Education Science and Technology and the Executive Chairman, Oyo State Universal Basic Education Board, Barrister Rahman Abiodun Abdu-Raheem and Dr. Nureni Aderemi Adeniran made the call in Ibadan while monitoring schools’ resumption.

The Commissioner for Education, Dr. Abdu-Raheem expressed optimism that the low turnout of students in most schools visited, would be improved upon by the following week.

The Commissioner asserted that the low turnout observed was an indication that better approaches should be adopted in the teachers’/students relationship.

Abdu-Raheem said this would bring the minds of the young ones closer to the school system.

He also charged parents to work with the state government by encouraging positive attitude towards learning in their children.

It was observed that teachers in all monitored schools were on ground but with low turnout of students.

The Commissioner reminded principals and teachers of government’s zero tolerance for examination malpractices emphasizing more on the various sanctions awaiting defiant ones.

Chairman, Oyo State Universal Basic Education Board, Dr Nureni Adeniran appealed to teachers in public primary schools to commence academic activities immediately.

Dr Adeniran admonished them to put in their best at complimenting the efforts of the present administration, at attaining qualitative education in Oyo State.

Dr Adeniran, who noted that a full monitoring team would be deployed to public primary schools on Monday, charged teachers to love their pupils to spur their interest more in the teaching and learning processes.

Notable schools monitored by the Honourable Commissioner, and his team included : Olubadan High School, Ibadan, Adekile Goodwill Grammar School, Aperin, Aperin Boys High School, CAC Grammar School, Aperin Oniyere, and Government Secondary School, Aperin.

Kayode Oguntona/Nafiu Busari