Makinde reinstates, inaugurates governing boards for 643 Oyo public schools

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The Oyo state governor, His excellency Seyi Makinde today, 31st January 2022, inaugurated school governing boards for the 643 secondary schools in the state.

He disclosed that the school governing boards in the State will help reinforce his administration achievements in the education sector.

While inaugurating the chairmen and members of the school governing board at the international conference, U.I Ibadan, the Governor who was represented by the secretary to the state government(SSG), Mrs Olubamiwo Adeosun at the event made it known that all the policies introduced by his government in the education sector have been yielding positive results.

The governor also said that the SGB structure is a means of attracting alternative funding sources for education in the state while adding that it would also be a means of ensuring prudence and transparency in the utilisation of available resources for maximum impact.

According to him, “It is a great honour to stand here before you today as we inaugurate the distinguished members of the Oyo State Schools Governing Boards for all the 643 secondary schools in our dear Pacesetter State.

“You will recall that at the inception of this administration in 2019, we expressed our desire not only to improve the quality of education available in the state but also to make it easily accessible to all, irrespective of social background.

“We also made it known that we shall require and encourage greater involvement of willing and interested public and private sector stakeholders in the joint management of our schools.

“I am happy to inform you that all policies we have instituted to improve access to quality education have been yielding great dividends.

“How else shall we interpret enrolment explosion in our public schools and improved learning outcomes than that confidence is gradually being restored in public education.

“To reinforce the benefits of our reform policies, there is the need to ensure that the management of our public schools is sufficiently conditioned to administer the delivery of even more accessible quality education for the development of the state.

“This is why today we are here inaugurating a broad-based participatory management structure.”

He however encouraged members of the School Governing Boards to see their appointments as a call to service, urging them to see the assignment as a way of giving back to the community that made them and an avenue to contribute their quota to the development of Oyo State.

He noted that with the wealth of experience of the members of the SGB, the state is reassured of more improvements in the education sector.

The governor then admonished the Chairmen and Secretaries (School Principals) to work together in harmony and ensure that all actions taken by the various stakeholders serve a common goal: the good of the students and the system.

SGB members selected to represent the three senatorial zones were presented with symbolic letters of appointment.