Wale Aribatise, a Liberty Academy alumnus from Ibadan, has called on Oyo State Governor Seyi Makinde to urgently come to the aid of the school, whose roofs have been blown away by a rainstorm. In a statement titled ‘SOS to Governor Seyi Makinde of Oyo State’, the Ekiti State-based alumnus said, “Rainstorms on June 8,
The 2024 West African Senior School Certificate Examination (WASSCE) has ranked Ibarapa North Local Government Area as the poorest-performing in Oyo State. Findings show that an insufficient number of teachers, poor facilities, and a declining interest in education are driving the low performance. In Ayete, Tapa, and Igangan, several government schools lack teachers for key
The Oyo State Government has inaugurated a Staff Audit and Verification Committee for Adeseun Ogundoyin Polytechnic, Eruwa, to improve efficiency, transparency, and accountability. Speaking at the inauguration, Commissioner for Education, Science and Technology, Hon. Olusegun Olayiwola, said the move aligns with Governor Seyi Makinde’s vision of building a future-ready polytechnic system. The committee will verify
The Oyo State Government has set up a Staff Audit and Verification Committee to look into the affairs of Adeseun Ogundoyin Polytechnic, Eruwa. Olusegun Olayiwola, Commissioner for Education, Science and Technology, said the audit process is meant to reaffirm the government’s commitment to excellence, accountability, and transparency. The commissioner added that the committee will verify
The Oyo State Government has shared about 18,000 tablets with public primary and secondary school teachers across the state’s 33 local government areas. The intervention programme was initiated by the Global Partnership in Education, sponsored by the World Bank in partnership with the Universal Basic Education Commission and the Oyo State Universal Basic Education Board.
The Chairman of the Oyo State Universal Basic Education Board (SUBEB), Dr. Nureni Aderemi Adeniran, says the state government has significantly improved access, teacher welfare, and infrastructure in the basic education sector since 2019. Speaking in an interview, Adeniran said the Seyi Makinde-led administration abolished school fees in public primary and secondary schools, leading to
About 60,000 out-of-school children in Oyo State have returned to classrooms following sustained interventions by the Seyi Makinde administration, the Executive Chairman of the State Universal Basic Education Board (SUBEB), Dr Nureni Adeniran, said on Wednesday. Adeniran, speaking at the Omituntun 2.0 Inter-Ministerial Briefing in Ibadan, stated that the figure reflects the outcome of government
The Omituntun Initiative in Diaspora (OID) has announced the launch of the Seyi Makinde Annual Essay Competition 2025. The initiative announced this to reaffirm its focus on enhancing youth empowerment and inclusive development in Oyo State. According to the organisers, students between 18 and 35 years old, whether residents or indigenes of Oyo State, are
The Oyo State Government has announced that it will commence strict enforcement of laws against student hooliganism, mobile phone use, and examination malpractice in public secondary schools across the state. The Commissioner for Education, Science and Technology, Mr Segun Olayiwola, disclosed this at an inter-ministerial briefing in Ibadan on Thursday, stating that the government is
Academic and non-academic staff of the Oyo State College of Agriculture and Technology (OYSCATECH), Igboora, have embarked on an indefinite strike over delayed and incomplete salary payments. The industrial action, which began on July 1, was declared jointly by the Academic Staff Union of Polytechnics (ASUP), the Senior Staff Association of Nigerian Polytechnics (SSANIP), and
