In a bid to drive enrolment of children in public schools, Ogun State Ministry of Education, Science and Technology, has sensitised parents and guardians on importance of childhood education.
Commissioner in the Ministry, Prof. Abayomi Arigbabu, while speaking during the sensitisation campaign at selected markets and motor parks in Ijebu-Ode, Sagamu, Ilaro, and Abeokuta, said facilities in public schools and those for children with special needs across the state had been upgraded to a conducive teaching and learning environment, as well as qualified and competent teachers.
Prof. Arigbabu informed that free registration of ages three and six years old children, for pre-nursery, nursery and primary one classes for 2024/2025 Academic Session had commenced, urging parents and guardians to take their wards to nearby public primary schools from Monday to Friday, between 9.00am and 1.00pm, as well as ensure proper monitoring of their wards’ academic and moral activities in schools, for a successful and sustainable future.
The Commissioner submitted that government had invested in capacity building of teachers, built new classrooms, modern laboratories, computer rooms, smart classrooms and provided furniture, to ensure a seamless teaching and learning process in schools across the state.
Chief (Mrs.) Alhaja Iswatu Adewuyi, commended the state government for taking education sector to an enviable pedestal, promising to mobilise children for enrolment, while campaigning against child abuse.
