Learning With Tears in Oyo Schools ,parents laud Gov. Makinde 's commitment to sound education, send SOS on their wards



The The wish of every parent is to bequeath to his or her ward sound and qualitative education, so as to become responsible citizen in the society.

It is also the duty of a responsive and responsible government to create enabling environment for the teaching and learning of the pupils.

Unfortunately, the reverse is the case in some public primary and secondary schools in Oyo State, where situations are not only deplorable, but very pathetic.

Investigations conducted in Oyo and Ogbomoso revealed that apart from the fact that most of the schools are not fit
for human habitation, lack of facilities for conducive learning poses derious threats to future of the younger generations.

Among thes category of schools include Army Salvation School and the
Baptist Secondary School both located in Isokun area of Oyo town.

For the Army Salvation primary school, both the pupils and their teachers resume under the shady trees  for business of the day.

While the pupils are being taught under the trees with inadequate desks and benches, teachers’ tables and chairs are also  arranged close to the pupils in the same dusty and inconducive environment.

The school’s fence had collapsed thus
subjecting both the pupils and teachers to ridicule and noise pollution by road users..

Some of the teachers who spoke on conditions of anonymity lamented on what they referred to as ‘’deplorable working conditions.

According to them, ‘’what we go through is better imagined than experienced. Do you want to talk of the noisy environment during class hours or the kind of ridicule we are being subjected to by the motorists who look at us and the school with disdain.'

Concerning the Baptist secondary school which is located in the same vicinity, though there are classrooms but there are no chairs and tables for the pupils.

Pupils  resume school in the morning and sit on the floor with their
books on their lap waiting for their teachers to be taught.

Some of the pupils interviewed who looked disturbed and dejected said
they are learning with tears and discomfort.

The two schools are located  in the Oyo-West Local Government area.

It was reliably gathered that both schools are not within the purview of the local government, but directly under the State Universal Basic Education Commission[SUBEC) and the Teaching Service Commission (TESCOM] respectfully .

 The local government, it was learnt,  had provided additional classrooms for the pupils of Army Salvation School, but officials declined comments on the fate of the secondary school and why are the pupils of Salvation Army school still sit under the trees to learn despite additional new classrooms provided as claimed by the local government. 

In the same vein,  About eight communities in the Ogo-Oluwa Local Government Area of Ogbomoso land have decried what they described as
inhuman conditions under which their pupils learn..

The communities were Ilofe, Aroya,Idi-Ori, Olugusi, Idi Araba, Olukosi, Iro Opete and Oniwata.

Leaders of the communities lamented that there are inadequate 
classrooms and instructional materials for their children to learn in schools. 

Spokesman for the forum, Mr. Ola-Oluwa Adegoke, said churches, mosques, dilapidated buildings, and under shady trees are being used as classrooms to teach the pupils.

“ Besides, past Governments the State  had not taught it necessary to establish at least a primary school for us at Idi-Ori village for instance , let alone furnish it.  We want our children to learn and have brighter future, but we are left un-catered for despite repeated appeals and
representation”

Adegoke stated that besides the fact that these communities are far away from one another, coupled with undulating terrain of the rural
feeder roads, there are also no potable water supply, rural electrification and primary health institutions.

‘’The few available rickety schools lack adequate qualified teachers, let alone the enabling environment. Despite the viabilities of these villages in terms of the economy, we are neglected and treated as sub humans. 

' We are therefore imploring the State Government to give us utmost consideration in the distribution of amenities, especially in the area of education.  We don’t want our children to be enslaved for lack of knowledge.  They are our future hope.  We urgently need both primary and secondary schools.”

He pointed out that Ajaawa, headquarters of the Local Government, hasbonly secondary school, which also caters for about ten other adjoining
villages, adding that these villages are about three to four kilometres distant from one another.

‘’The school is not only bedeviled with inadequate teaching staff, it also lacks necessary teaching aids, especially in science subjects. As a result, parents cater for the provision of auxiliary teachers, and
other needs of the school’’, Adegoke stated.
However,  parents in both Oyo  and Ogbomiso  were full of praises and commendations for Governor Seyi  Makinde, for what they referred to as his administration 's 'unalloyed commitment in providing found and affordable education to the downtrodden, through cancellation of school fees and other levies,  provision of running grants to schools and  the ongoing rehabilitation of schools.

 of every parent is to bequeath to his or her ward sound and qualitative education, so as to become responsible citizen in the society.

It is also the duty of a responsive and responsible government to create enabling environment for the teaching and learning of the pupils.

Unfortunately, the reverse is the case in some public primary and secondary schools in Oyo State, where situations are not only deplorable, but very pathetic.

Investigations conducted in Oyo and Ogbomoso revealed that apart from the fact that most of the schools are not fit
for human habitation, lack of facilities for conducive learning poses derious threats to future of the younger generations.

Among thes category of schools include Army Salvation School and the
Baptist Secondary School both located in Isokun area of Oyo town.

For the Army Salvation primary school, both the pupils and their teachers resume under the shady trees  for business of the day.

While the pupils are being taught under the trees with inadequate desks and benches, teachers’ tables and chairs are also  arranged close to the pupils in the same dusty and inconducive environment.

The school’s fence had collapsed thus
subjecting both the pupils and teachers to ridicule and noise pollution by road users..

Some of the teachers who spoke on conditions of anonymity lamented on what they referred to as ‘’deplorable working conditions.

According to them, ‘’what we go through is better imagined than experienced. Do you want to talk of the noisy environment during class hours or the kind of ridicule we are being subjected to by the motorists who look at us and the school with disdain.'

Concerning the Baptist secondary school which is located in the same vicinity, though there are classrooms but there are no chairs and tables for the pupils.

Pupils  resume school in the morning and sit on the floor with their
books on their lap waiting for their teachers to be taught.

Some of the pupils interviewed who looked disturbed and dejected said
they are learning with tears and discomfort.

The two schools are located  in the Oyo-West Local Government area.

It was reliably gathered that both schools are not within the purview of the local government, but directly under the State Universal Basic Education Commission[SUBEC) and the Teaching Service Commission (TESCOM] respectfully .

 The local government, it was learnt,  had provided additional classrooms for the pupils of Army Salvation School, but officials declined comments on the fate of the secondary school and why are the pupils of Salvation Army school still sit under the trees to learn despite additional new classrooms provided as claimed by the local government. 

In the same vein,  About eight communities in the Ogo-Oluwa Local Government Area of Ogbomoso land have decried what they described as
inhuman conditions under which their pupils learn..

The communities were Ilofe, Aroya,Idi-Ori, Olugusi, Idi Araba, Olukosi, Iro Opete and Oniwata.

Leaders of the communities lamented that there are inadequate 
classrooms and instructional materials for their children to learn in schools. 

Spokesman for the forum, Mr. Ola-Oluwa Adegoke, said churches, mosques, dilapidated buildings, and under shady trees are being used as classrooms to teach the pupils.

“ Besides, past Governments the State  had not taught it necessary to establish at least a primary school for us at Idi-Ori village for instance , let alone furnish it.  We want our children to learn and have brighter future, but we are left un-catered for despite repeated appeals and
representation”

Adegoke stated that besides the fact that these communities are far away from one another, coupled with undulating terrain of the rural
feeder roads, there are also no potable water supply, rural electrification and primary health institutions.

‘’The few available rickety schools lack adequate qualified teachers, let alone the enabling environment. Despite the viabilities of these villages in terms of the economy, we are neglected and treated as sub humans. 

' We are therefore imploring the State Government to give us utmost consideration in the distribution of amenities, especially in the area of education.  We don’t want our children to be enslaved for lack of knowledge.  They are our future hope.  We urgently need both primary and secondary schools.”

He pointed out that Ajaawa, headquarters of the Local Government, hasbonly secondary school, which also caters for about ten other adjoining
villages, adding that these villages are about three to four kilometres distant from one another.

‘’The school is not only bedeviled with inadequate teaching staff, it also lacks necessary teaching aids, especially in science subjects. As a result, parents cater for the provision of auxiliary teachers, and
other needs of the school’’, Adegoke stated.
However,  parents in both Oyo  and Ogbomiso  were full of praises and commendations for Governor Seyi  Makinde, for what they referred to as his administration 's 'unalloyed commitment in providing found and affordable education to the downtrodden, through cancellation of school fees and other levies,  provision of running grants to schools and  the ongoing rehabilitation of schools.

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