By Folake Oye
Osun State Government has attributed the large number of out-of-school children in the state to the neglect of the education sector by the previous administration.
This is contained in a statement signed by the Commissioner for Information and Public Enlightenment, Mr Kolapo Alimi in Osogbo.
The former governor, Alhaji Oyetola, had on Saturday alleged that the high number of out-of-school-children was due to the sacking of teachers recruited by his administration
Mr Alimi observed that Oyetola’s allegation was an insult to the people of the state, stressing that education in the state suffered neglect under the last administration.
IMr Alimi maintained that if the former Governor was interested in addressing the rot in the education sector, he wouldn’t have waited till he lost the election before rushing through the recruitment of teachers against due process
IHe maintained that poor learning conditions, dilapidated school infrastructures, parental economic crisis and overwhelming dislocations within the school environment were the real reasons for the high number of out of school children inherited from Oyetola government.
The commissioner said the state government organized an education summit which proffered far reaching recommendations covering all sub-sectors of the state education system in its bid to clear the mess of past government.
Mr Alimi said the state government was planning to recruit 6,000 teachers into the public primary and secondary schools in the state before the end of June 2024.
He said the recruitment is part of the Adeleke administration’s three-pronged approach to redressing the deficit in the education sector in Osun State.
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