Ogun State Government says it has commenced construction of smart classrooms in 238 public secondary schools across the state, so as to create a conducive environment for teaching and learning in the state
The State Commissioner for Education Science and Technology, Prof.Abayomi Arigbabu who revealed this on Tuesday at a media parley in Oke-Mosan Abeokuta, the State capital, also disclosed that the Prince Dapo Abiodun's administration will be constructing 12 mega classrooms with capacity to accommodate 900 learners each in four divisions of the State including Egba,Remo, Ijebu and Yewa, to further decongest number of learners in classrooms , particularly in the 42 flagship schools
He listed some of the flagship schools to include Abeokuta Grammar School, Idi-Aba ,Baptist Boys High School, Saje, Abeokuta and Egba Comprehensive High School, Asero for Egba zone, Ijebu-Ode Grammar School, Moslusi College, Ijebu-Igbo and one other school in Ijebu zone
Also listed for the mega classrooms project are Yewa College, Ilaro , Ansar-ud-Deen Comprehensive College, Ota and Iganmode Grammar School in Yewa division , Remo Secondary School, Sagamu, Christ Apostolic Grammar School, Iperu-Remo and one other school in Remo division
On the ongoing smart classrooms project, Arigbabu says such classrooms are being constructed in 72 of the designated secondary schools including the flagship schools under the first phase of the project
The schools according to him, are being equipped with required teaching aides to learning conducive for learners
The Commissioner flanked by Special Adviser on Secondary and Primary Education, Mrs Ronke Soyombo and other top officials of the ministry, added that another one storey school was being constructed in Akute area of the State, with eight classrooms almost completed and ready for commissioning later in the month, as part of moves by the present administration to decongest classrooms in public secondary schools
He assured that government would continue to expand the facilities in the existing schools and build more schools, if necessary to make classrooms conducive for teaching and learning
On teachers/ learners ratio, 4,000 new teachers under OgunTeach Internship initiative of the Prince Dapo Abiodun's administration in the past five years
He added that 2,000 of the 4,000 teachers were given permanent employment while the remaining 2,000 would be offered permanently employment before the end of the year
Governor Abiodun according to the commissioner ,is concluding plan to inject fresh 2,000 teachers to further address shortage of teachers in public schools and under OgunTeach Internship scheme, to bring the total number of new teachers to 6,000 in the over five years of the administration
Arigbabu assured that government would continue to give priority to welfare of teachers, saying promotion arrears for teaching and non-teaching staff were done from 2016 till date
He added that Ogun State Education Revitalization Agenda (OGSERA) model being used to digitalize and revolunize
education sector in the state, has become a model for other states in South West to under study and replicate in their respective states
The Commissioner equally revealed that the Federal Ministry of Education is under studying the model to replicate in the country
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