The Ondo State government has backtracked on its initial resolve to halt the stoppage of funding of education as envisaged by the Governor Rotimi Akeredolu administration.
Arakunrin Rotimi Akeredolu
Following the recommendation of the Ondo State 2017 Education Summit, the Ondo State Government has resolved to continue with its free education policy for pupils of public primary and secondary schools in the state.
However, the summit recommended that parents and guardians would from next year be responsible for the payment of their children and wards’ fees for the Senior Secondary School Certificate Examination.
The State Governor, Mr. Rotimi Akeredolu, has earlier declared that his administration would not cancel free education at the public primary and secondary schools and he would also provide qualitative education at all levels.
The state Commissioner for Education, Science and Technology , Mr. Femi Agagu, stated this while speaking with journalists on Thursday on the outcome of the State Executive Council meeting in Akure, the state capital.
He said the council looked critically at the decisions of stakeholders at the last education summit and resolved that the government would continue to fund education at the primary and post primary school levels.
The State Executive Council, according to the commissioner, also approved the setting up of an education trust fund that would help to mobilise funds for the education sector in the state, in a bid to improve the sector.