Oyo state government Sunday directed all teachers in the state public schools o start academic works immediately as schools across the state resumed for new academic session Monday.
The state Commissioner for Education, Science and Technology, Professor Kehinde Sangodoyin, handed down the directive in a statement made available to journalists in Ibadan at the weekend.
Sangodoyin stated that in line with the directive, teachers, support staff and students are expected to be in schools before 8am for academic work to commence immediately.
“The current administration is doing all possible best to change the tide for better in achieving the best for the state in the area of students’ academic performance and improvement in national rating of the state in external examinations.
“To this end, facilities and teachers’ remunerations would be at the forefront of government reckoning to achieve the lofty goal, while teachers are expected to do their bit to justify government’s strict adherence to providing the best enabling environment for their performance,” he said.
Sangodoyin said the present administration in the state is committed to quality education that would yield best academic performance; hence the need for the teachers to work hard by preparing the students for excellent performance.
“We are using this medium to congratulate our students in public and private schools for their resumption on Monday, 16th September 2019 and call on the teachers to engage the students in academic exercises immediately.
“The current administration is doing all possible best to change the tide for better in achieving the best for the State in the area of students’ academic performance and improvement in national rating of the State in external examinations.”
