Our Target is to bring back those that have dropped out of schools - Oyo Govt

The Oyo State government says the new free education policy was to bring back those students who are out of school or engaging in learning of craft as a result of non-availability of fund to pay school fees and buy educational materials.

The Director of Personnel, Oyo State Teaching Service Commission (TESCOM), Mr Kolapo Abd-Rahman while on monitoring of various public schools in the State on Monday said Governor Seyi Makinde led administration has put in place enough incentives to make Ed attractive to all students.

His words "I want to call on those students that are still out there to come back to school as there is no more excuse for any of them to be out of school.

"Nobody asks them to pay any fee any more and textbooks and notebooks are being distributed for free, so what is it that you will say is holding you back from having good education?

"The target of the government is to bring back all those that have left school because of payment of school fees and inability to buy books. Now that those are no more their worries, they should face the next level, which is to attend classes and improve in their performances in external examinations.

Abd-Rahman emphasized the need for the students to seize the opportunity presented by the free education policy of the State as well as free textbooks and notebooks recently distributed by the present administration to improve their performance in public examinations

He however charged the students to use the opportunities provided by the present State administration to improve on their academic performance as there existed no more excuses for the students to stay out of school.

The TESCOM boss was acomplanied by a consultant to the State government on education, Prof. Kolapo Olusola and other officials of the commission.