….. Says 30Million Naira financial support to 2,808 indigent and vulnerable secondary school students to complement State’s free compulsory education policy

Ekiti State Commissioner for Information, Rt. Hon Taiwo Olatunbosun has assured that the disbursement of 641million Naira to seven schools for renovation of their facilities under the World Bank Assisted programme, Adolescent Girls Initiative For Learning and Empowerment (AGILE) would boost Governor Biodun Oyebanji administration’s efforts to upgrade amenities in public schools across the State and sustain a conducive environment for teaching and learning.

Speaking at a forum in Ado Ekiti, Rt. Hon. Olatunbosun explained that the funds are expected to be used to upgrade, science and ICT laboratories blocks of classrooms, libraries and halls as well as to construct perimeter fences in the benefitting schools.

Olatunbosun noted that new disbursement came in the heels of the payment of a sum of 916.5Million Naira to 10 schools in 10 Local Government Areas last year which has transformed facilities in the schools.

The Commissioner, who said that the new disbursement was for large schools that did not benefit in the earlier group, added that Government also disbursed over 30Million Naira as financial support to 2,808 indigent and vulnerable JSS and SSS students to complement its free compulsory education policy.

He explained that the move was to empower indigent students to successfully complete their education with good grades without prejudice to the inability of their parents and guardians to provide basic needs of students including safety, food, housing, financial health and overall wellness.

Reiterating the commitment of Governor Biodun Oyebanji administration to the provision of access to quality education for all school-age children in Ekiti State, Olatunbosun said the financial incentives to the indigent students under the World Bank Assisted Adolescent Girls Initiative for Learning and Empowerment (AGILE) is a demonstration of the Government’s passion to provide qualitative, free and compulsory education to school age children in the State.

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He said the Government’s gesture would also ensure that no child drops out of school or is left behind on account of inability of their parents to effectively play the expected roles in the education of their children.

According to him, “government interventions is premised on the fact that many parents have been unable to effectively provide food, clothing, decent shelter, medical care, school uniforms, books etc. to their children as a result of the prevailing national, global economic climate”.

Olatunbosun said that a sum of N20,000 was presented to each of the benefiting student in Junior Secondary Schools while those in the Senior Secondary Schools got N25,000 each adding that the sums would go a long way in supporting the indigent students to successfully complete their studies.

He assured that the State Government would continue to pay WAEC/SSCE fees of students as part of efforts at ensuring a better future for secondary school students in the state without bias to other interventions.

He called on the benefitting students and their parents to judiciously utilize the funds for the education and well-being of their children in order to achieve the desired goal.