The newly appointed Executive Chairman of Osun State Universal Basic Education (SUBEB), Mr. Ajibola Israel Famurewa, has endorsed the state government’s new education policy.
Famurewa, former member of House of Representatives Committee on Universal Basic Education, said his agency would leave no stone unturned in ensuring quality education, being a cardinal programme of the Oyetola administration.
He spoke while resuming alongside other members of the board in Osogbo, the state capital.
Famurewa and the others were received by the entire staff of the agency led by the SUBEB Secretary, Adeoye Bakare, who on behalf of the staff pledged their support to the board.
Other members of the board include Mr. Moshood Adekunle Oluawo as Commissioner (Technical); Mr. Amos Akindiya as Commissioner (Services), Barrister Ayo Olajolo (member, representing Osun East Senatorial District) and Mr. Rafiu Olaide Fatoki (member, representing Osun West Senatorial District).
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Famurewa said: “Having realised education is a cardinal programme of this government, it is our resolve as an agency to stay committed to the new policy regime with a view to reshaping and rejigging the education sector for our upcoming generation.
“To the entire staff of this agency, ours is not to checkmate or witchhunt any policy of the past, but to consolidate and reinforce it in our own best way for the purpose of lifting the glory of education in the state.”
Earlier, the state government had set up a panel to review the existing education policy following the clamour for policy review by stakeholders across the state.
The panel had in its reports, recommended the reversal of the single school uniform, ‘reclassification’ of the public school system and the abolition of single-sex schools in the state.
Famurewa, on behalf of the other members of the board, expressed gratitude to Governor Adegboyega Oyetola for deeming them fit for the appointment, even as he emphasised that the agency would make him proud in its assignment.
