The World Bank has supported 120 public
primary and secondary schools in Ekiti State with teaching materials
worth millions of naira.
Speaking while distributing the items to
representatives of the schools in Ado-Ekiti, Governor Ayodele Fayose stated that his administration would complement the effort by supplying the
remaining schools with the items, saying that no school would be left
out in the exercise.
According to him, open day would now be observed in public schools for
parents to go and assess the performance of their children in schools
and not having to wait until the term runs out when the children would
then bring their academic results home.
Fayose also explained that: “The level we have attained in the
education sector must be improved upon. We can’t afford to drop our
guards. If we came first in NECO examinations this year, it must not be
once in a while achievement. We must maintain our enviable position. I
am not in support of ‘fire brigade approach’ to policies, as that won’t
help us as a state. We must plan ahead and take necessary steps.
He further explained that: “For teachers, we can’t jettison them, as doing so is ignoring the
future of our children. We will continue to encourage them and I appeal
to our parents to show understanding too. Teachers are humans and they
have personal challenges and must be encouraged to pay attention to our
children.
He stressed that the instructional materials won’t go on
their own and stick themselves to students’ brains, it is the teachers
that will use them to teach our wards and children.
Fayose also harped on good hygiene among
students, teachers and parents, emphasising the need to adequately wash
hands as many times as possible in a day to prevent contracting
diseases. He demonstrated proper washing of hands and charged the
students and teachers present to take the message home to others.
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