Edo plans return of schools to missions

Posted by admin Edo, Headlines, State News Wednesday, July 6th, 2011

Governor Adams Oshiomhole of Edo State has said the state government is considering the possibility of returning schools to missions to ensure that the government’s investment in the schools are not left to rot.

Speaking on Wednesday at the foundation-laying of a new model college at the old Pilgrims Baptist College, Ewohinmi, Edo Central, the governor, however, assured that a memorandum of understanding would be made to ensure that children of the poor had access to such schools.

According to him, “my late wife told me about the school and how it had been abandoned. When I came, I wanted to see for myself what had happened to the structure. It was intended to be one of the flagships, but as you can see, it has suffered complete abandonment.”

He lamented that while the old Pilgrims Baptist College had no pupils, it, however, had a principal and teachers.

He said: “The Local Government chairman told me that although there are no pupils in the school, we do have teachers, including a principal. I am sure that the honorable Commissioner for Education is as anxious as myself to find out the daily workload of the principal and the teachers who are still here.”

On the plan to return some schools to missions, Governor Oshiomhole said that “one thing we can do to prevent the rot we witnessed in the past and stop future governments from de-boarding schools and reducing flagships to abandoned territories is that we may have to consider the possibility of returning schools that we cannot manage to those missions that can manage them.”

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