The Oyo State Commissioner for Education, Science and Technology, Barrister Rahman Abiodun Abdu-Raheem has revealed that 175,320 primary school students yesterday wrote the primary school leaving examination, a prerequisite to gain admission into public secondary school in the state.
Abdu-Raheem expressed his satisfaction with the conduct of the 2022 Screening/Placement of Primary Six Pupils into the State’s Public Junior Secondary Schools across all Local Government Council Areas in the State.
The Permanent Secretary, of the Ministry, Christianah Abosede Abioye, who spoke on behalf of the Commissioner said that the increase in the number of registered pupils, since the inception of Engineer Seyi Makinde was a result of the increment in enrollment numbers of out of school and vulnerable children and the free education policy in the state and adequate welfare packages of teachers, in the actualization of the governor’s inaugural speech.
She said, “We all can see that enrollment for placement in public Junior Secondary schools in Oyo State has increasingly assumed upward dimensions since assumption of office in 201. Between 2020 to 2022, Screening/placements records were between 160,755 and 170,640. Presently, it is 175, 320. This is commendable and we use this opportunity to call on parents and philanthropists to be partners in progress and not close their eyes to adequate love and care for these children, as we all know that development requires the contribution of all stakeholders.”
While describing the exercise as hitch free, peaceful and devoid of malpractices, Abioye assured parents and the general public that the present administration has prepared for the increased enrollment of Out-of-School Children in the areas of education infrastructures and personnel.
