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Ogun Govt To Spend N2 Billion On Textbooks by ektbear: 8:26am On Oct 26, 2011 |
Nigeria: Ogun Govt to Spend N2 Billion On Textbooks Kehinde Akinyemi25 October 2011 Abeokuta — The Ogun State government will spend about N2 billion on textbooks it intends to provide for six million students in public primary and secondary schools in the state. The state's Commissioner for Education, John Odubela , who disclosed this to newsmen in Abeokuta yesterday, said the textbooks would cover all subjects. The purchase of the textbooks, he said, had been contracted to approved publishers of the ministry. According to him, public primary schools in the state with the total populations of 368, 087 pupils would have the larger share of the textbooks, in addition to 60 and 40 leaf-notebooks that would be provided for them. He added that junior secondary schools with a population of 143,034 students and senor secondary schools in the state with a population of 120,057 students would be provided English Language, Mathematics and Biology textbooks. He assured that in few weeks' time, the textbooks would soon be ready for onward distribution to students. He however noted that beneficiaries would the books at the end of the session, saying that destroyed ones would be replaced by students. Odubela explained that the books would be retained at the schools at the end of the session for the benefit of incoming students. He also noted that the schools would be mandated to monitor the books, while the government would improve school libraries for safe keeping. http://allafrica.com/stories/printable/201110250450.html |
Re: Ogun Govt To Spend N2 Billion On Textbooks by asha80(m): 8:29am On Oct 26, 2011 |
rehabilitaion of some school buildings should be included. |
Re: Ogun Govt To Spend N2 Billion On Textbooks by ektbear: 8:31am On Oct 26, 2011 |
The cost seems fair, right? About $21 per student? And Ogun State isn't going to dash the books out, but instead loan them. If you lose/destroy/damage your books, you take money from your pocket to replace them at the end of term. I like this. Wish there were more details available. Only other suggestion I have is that Ogun State should also gain copyright over whichever textbooks it uses. And make digital versions freely available. Good move, I think. |
Re: Ogun Govt To Spend N2 Billion On Textbooks by Gbawe: 8:49am On Oct 26, 2011 |
ekt_bear: Very, very good move. It is thinking outside the box and I like it. When I was in secondary school in Lagos , circa 20 years ago, we always recieved a list of books we had to buy. I remember many poor students failing because they were unable to buy books. It was tragic seeing them scampering to use the textbooks of others before exams. That is partly why our education system is rubbish today i.e a total failure to invest in it and put in place proactive measures that ensures every child has the chance to gain a quality education. I have never been a fan of sending children to school for the sake of it i.e without books and without access to the tools that can faciliate robust education. If Nigeria had been doing this consistently , i.e spending State and FG money on Nigerians, we would not be where we are today. I think Amosun is on the right path and , personally, I am happy to see that it appears Ogun State has a socio-capitalist Governor. The man took a pay court and forced others to do same. If we then keep seeing State money, savings from cuts and income re-invested productively and proactively in the people like this, then it is a no brainer that Ogun will develop well under Amosun. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Social_capitalism
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Re: Ogun Govt To Spend N2 Billion On Textbooks by ektbear: 9:48am On Oct 26, 2011 |
Do you know where they are getting the books from? Is it books Ogun State wrote themselves. . .? Or written by someone else that the ministry of education liked and chose for their own curriculum? |
Re: Ogun Govt To Spend N2 Billion On Textbooks by Gbawe: 10:25am On Oct 26, 2011 |
ekt_bear: The books will be original editions of those approved for use in the Ogun school curriculum. The essential thing to note is that the Ogun State Government has simply taken it upon itself to obtain the books approved for use and make it available to Students on a loan basis for every stage of primary and secondary School education. This directly defeats the cause of failure in many cases i.e poverty that sees many parents unable to buy approved books. |
Re: Ogun Govt To Spend N2 Billion On Textbooks by Gbawe: 12:25pm On Oct 26, 2011 |
@Ekt-Bear. You notice there is not much praise for Amosun or Ogun here for this highly commendable and altruistic action. The power of bad belle indeed. Meanwhile, let the usual spambot, attack NL virulently for 2 days only with lies about Amosun and you will see many, like zombies, ready to regurgitate lies and fabrication while totally ignoring innovative and pro-people initiative like this. I feel sorry for Nigerians. We are so easy to divide so that some folks can keep conquering. |
Re: Ogun Govt To Spend N2 Billion On Textbooks by igbo2011(m): 12:28pm On Oct 26, 2011 |
Where are the books coming from? They should get books f rom Nigerian publishers |
Re: Ogun Govt To Spend N2 Billion On Textbooks by ektbear: 12:31pm On Oct 26, 2011 |
The only wish I had is that Ogun would, rather than buying copies of books with copyright owned by someone else, would ensure that it controls the copyright of the books used in its school system. This will make it cheaper to upgrade/change your curriculum over time. Anyway, this is a good first step. Regarding your comment @Gbawe, their praise isn't needed or wanted. Progress is all I care about, personally |
Re: Ogun Govt To Spend N2 Billion On Textbooks by ektbear: 12:34pm On Oct 26, 2011 |
This is the same way that all the schools I've attended operate. The school district owns copies of the books needed. You check them out at the beginning of the year. And if you return them undamaged at the end of the year, then you pay nothing (but if you damage the books, you pay a fee.) So I didn't pay any money for books until I got to college. |
Re: Ogun Govt To Spend N2 Billion On Textbooks by Gbawe: 12:43pm On Oct 26, 2011 |
ekt_bear: You'd be surprised how something that sounds this fundamentally required , especially for a nation with a failing education sector like Nigeria, is still so difficult to implement effectively . The main culprit is leadership cluelessness and indifference i.e successive leaders who do not give a toss because they can always send their kids abroad or to the best schools in Nigeria. |
Re: Ogun Govt To Spend N2 Billion On Textbooks by Kobojunkie: 1:21pm On Oct 26, 2011 |
How much was spent on this same scheme last year? And the year before?. Where, if any, did that end up? Where are these books stored?? In non existent schools? Abegi fix our schools for our children. |
Re: Ogun Govt To Spend N2 Billion On Textbooks by olabukola: 1:36pm On Oct 26, 2011 |
I hope this school below will receive some of the books if they have where to keep them. https://www.nairaland.com/nigeria/topic-790034.0.html |
Re: Ogun Govt To Spend N2 Billion On Textbooks by ak47mann(m): 5:50pm On Oct 26, 2011 |
2billion indeed |
Re: Ogun Govt To Spend N2 Billion On Textbooks by dayokanu(m): 5:55pm On Oct 26, 2011 |
Good move from Ogun STate ACN governor. Gbawe I can remember those days when they would give us List of books and many students would be unable to buy |
Re: Ogun Govt To Spend N2 Billion On Textbooks by paraphase(m): 5:57pm On Oct 26, 2011 |
Cool Scam
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Re: Ogun Govt To Spend N2 Billion On Textbooks by dayokanu(m): 5:59pm On Oct 26, 2011 |
ak47mann: There are a total of 631,178 students in Ogun state, Divided by 2billion makes it an average of 3,168 per student. This sounds very fair and logical to me. If they ask individual parent to buy books needed for school, Do you think each parent would spend less than that to buy the required books? |
Re: Ogun Govt To Spend N2 Billion On Textbooks by sped1oro(m): 6:01pm On Oct 26, 2011 |
this is highly commendable as our children nowadays have lost the reading culture known to us when we were growing up |
Re: Ogun Govt To Spend N2 Billion On Textbooks by Gbawe: 6:03pm On Oct 26, 2011 |
dayokanu: Indeed . So you will understand , first-hand, the importance of this initiative. Many students used to fail because they were looking for textbooks to read literally a day to the exam while other Students had been swotting for weeks and preparing adequately. Of course the system was rigged against the children from poorer homes. Other States should carry this out because it will help matters although tackling a worsening reading culture is another headache. |
Re: Ogun Govt To Spend N2 Billion On Textbooks by Pukkah: 6:15pm On Oct 26, 2011 |
ekt_bear: This is fair enough although in those days we didn't return the free books to the government because they belonged to us. . This means some sort of identification marks have to be on the books to prevent mix-ups. The price per student also seems fair enough. It's important that governments invest in education and try to return sanity to public schools. On this note, this is a good plan. |
Re: Ogun Govt To Spend N2 Billion On Textbooks by engrj(m): 6:15pm On Oct 26, 2011 |
Ok ooooo may God help the gov to continue to do good work like this. Hahaha see my Pastor with Amosu.
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Re: Ogun Govt To Spend N2 Billion On Textbooks by ak47mann(m): 6:20pm On Oct 26, 2011 |
dayokanu:am not saying is not a good thing just wondering if that 2billion can be utilized well,in that 2billion some politicians will get cut from it. That is the problem with nigeria, someone told me that his state governor takes 20% from any contract given to you, and it will not end there his permanent secretaries will get their cut too. By the time it reaches the common man 40% of the money is gone through bribery and corruption |
Re: Ogun Govt To Spend N2 Billion On Textbooks by arsenefc: 6:48pm On Oct 26, 2011 |
Cool scam indeed. It is never the job of the govt to provide textbooks for students. Textbooks is a luxury, in the grand scheme of things, especially in Nigeria where there isnt that much money for more important things. When the students dont have teachers to explain what is written in the textbook, how are the students supposed to learn from the textbook? By osmosis? The problem with education in Nigeria is that many children receive an inadequate education because of poorly trained, underpaid teachers, overcrowded classrooms, and a lack of basic teaching tools such as blackboards, and pens and paper. Providing textbooks to children willy-nilly is just like putting a band-aid on a very deep, open wound. Wrong priorities! Another ACN propaganda gobbled up by our ever intellectual diasporans The govt should focus on making the teachers more competent and enthusiastic to do their job, instead of wasting money providing textbooks that will have to be provided again next year and the year after. Another waste of public fund. Only god knows how much of that two billion will find its way to Tinubu's Swiss account. Oh well, up ACN |
Re: Ogun Govt To Spend N2 Billion On Textbooks by arsenefc: 6:51pm On Oct 26, 2011 |
Gbawe: You were looking for textbooks to read in primary school? Pray tell which textbook were you reading in Primary 1, 2, 3, 4, 5? Oniro agbaya. Obviously, you didnt go to primary school in Nigeria, maybe you attended primary school in Timbuktu, who knows? |
Re: Ogun Govt To Spend N2 Billion On Textbooks by Parisgoodman(m): 6:55pm On Oct 26, 2011 |
is he aware of the flooded roads d children wil be hiking 2 school? or the books are water resistance? |
Re: Ogun Govt To Spend N2 Billion On Textbooks by dayokanu(m): 7:16pm On Oct 26, 2011 |
arsenefc: You mean you didnt read NOEC, Macmillan English textbook? Alawiye Yoruba? Lacombes maths? etc? |
Re: Ogun Govt To Spend N2 Billion On Textbooks by PointB: 7:26pm On Oct 26, 2011 |
Re: Ogun Govt To Spend N2 Billion On Textbooks by manny4life(m): 7:28pm On Oct 26, 2011 |
I'm tired of most of you on Nairaland eh, if people do, they will complain , if they don't, complain. Like seriously, how can we please ourselves without complain? People are complaining rehabilitate the schools, some say fix the roads first because the books aren't water resistant, like seriously? For the first time on this thread @dayokanu has made some sense on here, Like someone said, $21 every school year ain't that bad, I think it's what we need; a step in the right direction. |
Re: Ogun Govt To Spend N2 Billion On Textbooks by Babasessy(m): 7:33pm On Oct 26, 2011 |
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Re: Ogun Govt To Spend N2 Billion On Textbooks by hercules07: 8:41pm On Oct 26, 2011 |
I remember when I was in primary school and my mum could not afford to buy all my textbooks, there were days I was sent out of school because I did not have the textbooks and this was late 70s early 80s, now imagine if a governor had given me textbooks free then, my mum would have saved her meagre income and I would have had good books to read, it is only those born with a silver spoon that will not see how fantastic this development is. There are two equalizers in this world, Education and the Internet. |
Re: Ogun Govt To Spend N2 Billion On Textbooks by Gbawe: 9:01pm On Oct 26, 2011 |
arsenefc: man mi, pay attention.
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Re: Ogun Govt To Spend N2 Billion On Textbooks by Gbawe: 9:06pm On Oct 26, 2011 |
hercules07: Indeed. This is a good initiative no doubt. |
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