Education

Ogun Govt. Provides Walking Aids To Special Students

By Web News 604

Ogun State Government has distributed thirty wheelchairs to children and learners with mobility restrictions to improve their living condition.

Commissioner for Education, Science and Technology, Professor Abayomi Arigbabuh while distributing the wheelchairs at the School for Children with Special Needs, Sagamu, said good health and facilities would encourage better learning outcome noting that the gesture would enable the beneficiaries to be mobility self-reliant.

The Commissioner assured the students of more support for the schools, as government would continue to make available devices that would help the learners grow and develop into better individuals and productive members of the society.

Permanent Secretary in the Ministry, Mrs. Abosede Ogunleye in a remark said the present administration has given due recognition to the prospects, wellbeing and challenges of special needs children. She said that equal opportunities, accessibility of the environment and social infrastructure were the fundamental rights of all citizens regardless of diversity.

Responding, some of the parents of the beneficiaries, Mrs. Aminat Adewusi and Mrs. Olubukunola Ojo appreciated the government for the gesture towards their children, saying the equipment distributed would be a big relief for them and go a long way to make life easier for their wards.

Wale Oluokun

Education

Reported death Of BBHS students, is fake news – Ogun Govt.

By Web News 1748

Ogun State government has debunked the reported death of two secondary school students of the Baptist Boys High School, Oke-Saje, Abeokuta.

The Special Adviser to the Governor on Primary and Secondary Education, Mrs. Ronke Soyombo, debunked the rumoured deaths in Abeokuta after an inspection of the Baptist Boys High School, BBHS, and Ilugun High School, in the Abeokuta North Local Government Area of the state.

Mrs. Soyombo noted that a student of BBHS, Kowi Adeyemi who was attacked last week, sustained injuries and is currently responding to treatment at the hospital.

She described the reportage of the deaths as false, noting that the government would no longer tolerate fake and unconfirmed news.

The special adviser to the governor cautioned students against unruly behaviour as the government has no tolerance for unruly character in its schools.

The Permanent Secretary at the Ministry, Mrs. Abosede Ogunleye in a remark, advised students to be well-behaved, noting that students must have seventy-five percent attendance before they would be allowed to write the West African Secondary School Certificate Examination.

The Principal, of BBHS Senior School, Mr. Oluseyi Kusimo, described the report of the death of students by some media houses as fake and far from the truth.

Wale Oluokun