Oyo State Government has charged the principals of secondary schools to improve standard of education at their level as well as ensuring round training of the students so that they would be able to stand with their contemporaries in any parts of the world.
The Commissioner for Education, Science and Technology, Barr. Rahman Abiodun Abdu-Raheem made this call, while hosting the Executive Council of the All Nigeria Confederation of Principals of Secondary Schools, ANCOPSS, on Thursday, in Ibadan.
Abdu-Rahman advised teachers to place a premium on holistic education to build academic and moral standards.
While charging the principals to ensure that syllabuses are covered within the stipulated terms, the commissioner reiterated that ANCOPSS has great roles to play at achieving quality education in the state.
According to him, “Principals of schools need to showcase good leadership examples, because it means a lot. Do not arrogate your responsibilities to others, in order not to compromise standards in schools. I also want to encourage you to always look inwards, despite varying challenges, and make positive contributions at improving the Oyo state educational systems”.
The Commissioner notified the principals on the abolition of the Schools’ Governing Board, (SGB), pointing out that instead of SGB, old students’ association should be encouraged to partner with their respective alma mater.
Speaking, the National Secretary General of ANCOPSS, Mr Akin Akinade, commended Governor Makinde on the giant strides taken to move education forward in Oyo State.
He also commended the present administration on recent recruitment exercise in the state, prompt payment of salaries, backlogs of promotions and benefits, reiterating the support of the body to the administration.
