By Dayo Adu
Civil Coalition for Good Governance, CCGG, in Oyo State, has called on the state government to address the rising level of decadence in public primary and secondary schools across the state.
The CCGG made the call at its annual Congress held at JDPC office in Bashorun, Ibadan.
The group which drew members from all the thirty-three local government areas of the state expressed with sadness the prevalent rate of drug abuse, cultism and street begging in school premises and its surroundings, calling on the government to wade in and restore sanity.
The State Chairman, CCGG, Alhaji Amusa Ladiran noted that the educational standards had fallen, urging the state government to hand over public schools to the community.
In a lecture entitled: “State of Education (Basic and Post-primary) in Oyo State: The Way Forward” the Commissioner for Education, Science and Technology, Professor Salihu Adelabu explained that Governor Seyi Makinde’s administration had revamped the education sector with the employment of over five thousand teachers into primary and secondary schools as well as six hundred and ninety-two education officers to boost teaching and learning across the state.
The commissioner who was represented by Deputy Director, Schools in the ministry, Mr Bola Ibrahim, tasked school managers on proper use of school facilities while calling on parents and guardians to monitor rhe academic and psycho-social development of their children.
In a goodwill message, Director, Justice Development and Peace Commission, JDPC, Ibadan, Reverend Father, Jerome Ajakaiye who spoke through the Chief of Staff, the commission, Mrs Adenike Ibitara, urged the government to deploy relevant institutions to sanitise public schools across the state.
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