NUT President hails Ajimobi, as Oyo commences construction of 6 model schools The National President of the Nigeria Union of Teachers (NUT), Mr. Michael Alogba-Olukoya, has commended the Oyo State Governor, Senator Abiola Ajimobi, for the several innovations he has brought to the education sector which he said has transformed the sector. The NUT boss particularly hailed the raising of the bar of primary school teachers who are university graduates from Grade Level 14 to Grade Level 15, thus addressing the long years of their stagnation. Alogba-Olukoya, who spoke at the inauguration of a model school built by the state wing of NUT at Apata, Ibadan, also acknowledged the increase in the salaries of workers recently announced by the governor. ``When I was invited to this occasion, I enquired from the state NUT officials whether they had any issue with the Oyo State Governor or whether they had any problem with the state government. They said that all their demands had been granted by the governor. ``I even tried to pull their legs, but they stood their ground and insisted that as far as Governor Ajimobi was concerned, he had been a good father to Oyo State teachers,’’ he said. The provision of the gazette that would ease teachers’ burden upon retirement as well as the provision of utility vehicles for NUT, ANCOPSS and COPHSON also received mention by the NUT President. All these, he said, had made the governor the toast of the teachers in the state, adding that the union would remain eternally grateful for Governor Ajimobi’s efforts at transforming the education sector. Meanwhile, the state government has formally commenced the construction of six model schools across the state, with the turning of the sod of Oba Akinbiyi Model School, Mokola in Ibadan. The conversion of the six Generic Secondary Schools to Model Schools, he said, was a memorable event for the education industry in the state. ``The vision of the present administration of restoration, transformation and repositioning all sectors in the state has put education on our priority list, being one important legacy that the government hopes to bequeath to posterity. ``In this regard, we committed 33 per cent of the total budgetary allocations of the state to the education sector. This is far higher than the UNESCO recommendation,’’ Governor Ajimobi said. He identified the schools being converted to model schools as Islamic High School, Orita Bashorun, Ibadan, Baptist High School, Saki, Ogbomoso High School, Ogbomoso, Oba Akinbiyi High School II, Ibadan, Obaseku High School, Eruwa and Abiodun Atiba High School, Oyo. The Model Schools, when completed, would have 4 Blocks of 6 Classrooms each (24 classrooms) with Staffroom and Toilets, a unit of Science Laboratory (for Physics, Chemistry and Biology); Introductory Technology Workshop; Home Economics Laboratory as well as Administrative Block (Principal’s Office, Computer Room, Library, School Hall, Sick Bay and Sports Sports Arena.
Posted on: Wed, 03 Sep 2014 07:05:46 +0000
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