The APC Candidate for Oyo South Senatorial District, Barrister Sharafadeen Abiodun Alli has described administration of former Governor of Oyo State, Senator Rashidi Adewolu Ladoja as one that had better approach to state’s education.
Alli who is also the Maye Balogun of Ibadanland gave this commendation to Ladoja while fielding questions from the crew of naijatodaynew.com in Ibadan, the capital of Oyo State.
Ibadan-born politician stressed that the policy of education introduced by former Governor and Otun Olubadan of Ibadanland had unequivocally brought unprecedented achievements to the administration and state’s education sector.
Alli maintained that things were in order for primary, secondary and tertiary education across the pacesetter state between 2003-2007.
He stressed that the policy put in place by Ladoja with support of then Commissioner for Education triggered the receipt of awards of University Ibadan, LAUTECH and the Polytechnic Ibadan as the best in Nigeria.
Adding that secondary and primary schools were not jettisoned as efforts were made to place 30 students per class in order to attain teachers’ effectiveness and students’ mastery of the subjects.
The APC Chieftain however condemned Governor Seyi Makinde’s current approach to education and how its standards can’t be compared with the past templates.
He said though Makinde keeps paying salaries to teachers on every 25th as promised during his electioneering campaigns, noting that, that is not enough as a way to bring development and progress to education in the state.
Alli added that, Ladoja’s led administration did not only pay salaries but also ensured there were no congestions of students in classes for attainment of efficiency and students’ understanding of lessons.
Adding that achievements can’t be placed under payment of salaries alone, welfare of the teachers in all ramifications should be given the needed priority.
Noting that, an inability to make the needed materials available for the teachers across boards led to mass failure of the students in both internal and external examinations.
Saying, 50 schools that were delisted from participating in the subsequent external examinations wouldn’t have happened if the needful had been done at appropriate time.
He said, the names of those schools had been battered and it would no doubt has consequential effects on students graduating from those schools while presenting their results to other schools and higher institutions of learning.
