The Oyo state government has said it is ready to reduce the number of out of school children in the state by ten percent.
The Commissioner for Education, Science, and Technology, Professor Salihu Adelabu, stated this Wednesday at a 3-Day Support Mission organised by the Oyo state Ministry of Education, Science, and Technology for three BESDA AF- TESS Beneficiary States, of Oyo, Adamawa and Kastina in
collaboration with the World Bank at the University of Ibadan.
Prof. Adelabu said towards this, Oyo state government is leaving no stone unturned to ensure that residents in the state have access to quality education, thereby improving numeracy and literacy levels in the state.
He added that the BESDA – AF- TESS project programme is in line with the Sustainable Development Goal four and Seventeen, and that by 2030, education should be for all with all school aged children expected to have access to quality education, irrespective of their background.
“This BESDA Additional Financing is targeting four major points. First is access, there should be school for all and all the school aged children must be in the school. The other one is quality and that is why we are strengthening the system. We are putting a lot of things in place to make sure that there is access and there is quality and there is improvement in our numeracy and literacy level in the state,” he said.
