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SUBEB Boss Charges Govt. On Making Primary Education Top Priority

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Alhaji Fatai Kolawole, the Permanent Secretary (PS), Osun State Universal Basic Education Board (SUBEB), has urged the three tiers of government to make primary education their top priorities.

 

Kolawole told the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) in Osogbo on Tuesday that through this, they would be developing human capital.

 

He said that every government should recognise the need to develop its human capital through qualitative education, in which primary education is key.

 

The SUBEB boss said that the earlier a child was introduced to basic education, the better for him or her in life.

 

Kolawole said that the present government in Osun had planned to stamp out illiteracy completely from the state and “restore the dignity of common people.’’

 

He said that state government was also committed to the well-being of its teachers despite shortage of funds.

 

“The foundation for intellectual-driven society, where growth and development predicated on human capital, is found is in early education, mostly at the primary school level.

 

“Government at all levels must strive to prioritise primary education for the purpose of building enlightened societies.

“We are working assiduously in Osun to better the lives of our teachers despite the shortage in monthly allocations from the federation accounts.

“It is very important to develop our human capital and strengthen our economy through education,’’ Kolawole said.

 

(NAN)

Ekiti students to pay N1,000 education levy per term

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As part of the decisions arrived at during the recently held Education Summit in Ekiti State, students of public secondary schools are now to contribute a token of N1, 000 per term towards educational development in the State while a sum of N500 proposed for primary school is yet to be approved by the State Governor, Mr Ayodele Fayose.

 

The State Commissioner for Education, Science and Technology, Mr Jide Egunjobi, who made this known in a release issued in Ado-Ekiti Tuesday, said all stakeholders in the education sector, including parents and teachers consented to the introduction of the Education Development Levy.

 

He said: “Before now, secondary school students were paying N100 as PTA levy, N300 for Extra Lesson and N600 as Examination Fee while primary school students were paying N100 as PTA levy, N300 for Extra Lesson and N200 as Examination fee, making N600 per term.”

 

Apart from the Educational Development Levy (EDL) of N1,000, secondary school students will pay N500 as Parents Teachers Association (PTA) levy, N600 for Examination, N300 for Extra Lesson, making N2,400 per term while it is proposed that Primary school students will pay N100 as PTA levy, N100 for Extra Lesson, N100 for Examination, making a total of N800 per term.

 

There are 178,263 students in the 879 public primary schools; 48,960 in Junior Secondary Schools and 55,677 in Senior Secondary Schools in Ekiti State, making a total of 282,900.

 

The Commissioner for Education, who said the levies were not new in the state, added that; “Students of public schools in Ekiti were paying PTA, Examination and Extra Lesson levies before Governor Fayose assumed office.”

 

He reiterated government’s commitment to the restoration of the state’s lost glory in the education sector, saying “Ekiti State recorded 36.5 percent performance in WAEC this year as against 25 percent last year and that only happened because strict measures were introduced and teachers were greatly motivated and encouraged.

 

“It should be recalled that in 2003 when Governor Fayose assumed office then, Ekiti State was number 35 in WAEC and by the time he left office in 2006, the State was number eight. That feat can still be recorded and we are working assiduously towards returning the State’s lost glory.”

 

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