The
West African Examination Council, WAEC, has endorsed Governor Rauf
Aregbesola’s policies, especially in the education sector. Delivering a
frame of endorsement to the governor on Friday, 3rd February, 2017, Head
of the Nigeria National Office of the council, Mr. Olutise Isaac
Adenipekun, who led a delegation of the national management of WAEC to
the Governor’s office in Osogbo, said Governor Rauf Aregbesola’s
interventions in education is “second to none” in Nigeria. Adenipekun
said, “The ongoing revolution in the infrastructural re-engineering of
the school complexes in the state of Osun has also caught the attention
of all stakeholders in the education sector in Nigeria and beyond.
“The
immense contribution of the state government in the development of
infrastructural facilities in schools, in particular, the “Mega Schools
Project” is remarkable. It is in fact second to none in Nigeria”, he
stressed. Adenipekun said Osun has contributed significantly towards
enhancing Information and Communication Technology, ICT required in
education sector which according to him remains the prerequisite to
development of quality education in the country. Adenipekun, who
recommended the Tablet of Knowledge to other states of the federation
said the initiative had contributed towards educational development.
Watch video of school transformation in Osun under Aregbesola: He
described the innovation as a tool of educational revolution,
breakthrough aimed at enhancing and encouraging the process of teaching
and learning through the use of innovative technology.
“We are
particularly proud of the landmark achievement and the major
breakthrough of the current administration in Osun most significantly in
education sector by the introduction of the ground breaking ‘Tablet of
Knowledge’ also known as “Opon Imo” to students of the state at
secondary level.
“As we commend the efforts of Mr. Governor on
the landmark achievement and major breakthrough of his administration in
education most importantly on the widely applauded ‘Tablet of
Knowledge’ which had improved and encouraged teaching and learning, we
equally recommend other states to key into this initiative so as to
improve the education sector,” he added.
Governor Aregbesola who
described “the Tablet of Knowledge” as a panacea to education
revolution, said the state had recorded national and international
awards on the initiative. Commending WAEC for maintaining education
standards in the country, Governor Aregbesola said the examination body
had contributed tremendously in raising the standards of education in
the West African sub-region.
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