Education as we all know remains the only veritable tool of socio-economic development, and the only legacy worth bequeathing to our children. This realization was the only thing needed for the government and administration of Ondo State to put in place proper and sustainable foundation for the educational system in our state to foster even development.
Upon his inaguration as the Executive governor of Ondo State Arakunrin Oluwarotimi Akeredolu, has made public his vision in the critical area of educational development. Worried about the parlous state of education in the country and more so in Ondo State, with the national embarrassment of increasing failure figures at external examinations such as those conducted by WAEC,NECO and JAMB Akeredolu, has affirmed that his administration will make a paradigm shift.

In that wise, education will be made free and compulsory at the primary and secondary school levels. All public schools will be restored to their former glory.
Arakunrin Akeredolu has stayed true to his promise of making basic education easily accessible, attractive and affordable to the good people of Ondo state, bridging the gap between the rich and the poor in terms of qualitative learning at the basic level.
About 700 public primary schools in Ondo State have been renovated, while another 314 projects would be awarded very soon in various primary schools, including agricultural materials, sporting equipment and 77 containerized toilets.
Not resting on these achievements, the Ondo State government has paid N3.7 billion as counterpart funding for basic education, which was matched by the Federal Government through the Universal Basic Education Commission (UBEC) to revamp the primary education sector.

Boosting teachers’ morale, the state government recently rolled out promotion letters to 1,800 primary school teachers in the state. They were promoted after a rigorous screening exercise carried out by SUBEB.
Asides from these aforementioned projects, under the state ministry of Education, Science and Technology, there has been numerous moves by the state government to see that educational services in the state are top notch from the basic level of education to the tertiary level.
Part of these moves are, attending the mid-year UNICEF meeting in Benin; Welcoming the delegates from Northumbria University, who trained some selected primary and secondary school teachers for science, technology, Engineering and Mathematics (STEM) education implementation in Ondo State
Also is the partnership with Quickens Computer Limited in collaboration with Unity Bank in repositioning the educational sector.
These intentional and highly commendable strides of the Ondo State government has not gone without yielding positive results for the state at large.
There has been an increased registration of students in the state primary school across the 18 local government compared to the previous years.

Also, the state has recorded brilliant performance in different competitions across the country between May 2018 to May 2019. The Ondo state contingent to the National Science and Technology Fair which was held in Abia state on the 7th to 10 of October 2018 clinched the first position among other states of the federation, Also the Ondo stage delegates to the Science Teachers Association Of Nigeria emrgered victorious in Kaduna. The NTA/ETV National Science and Technology Expo was the Ondo state students emerging second position among it's counterparts from other states.
To mention a few, the Ondo state government, led by Arakunrin Akeredolu has done more within the last two years to see to the advancement of Education, Science and Technology in the state. Kudos must be given to him for his commitments and great dedication to using Education as a tool for national development and sustenance in the state.

Amudipe Marcus
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