EDUCATION: NO EDO CHILD WILL BE LEFT BEHIND IN EDUCATION WITH SIMPLE AGENDA:


MANPOWER DEVELOPMENT AND TRAINING

, Principles of Economics
Manpower development is the most critical aspect of the SIMPLE agenda. This is what many countries have realized and have leveraged to attain greatness.


MANPOWER DEVELOPMENT AND TRAINING

The greatest resource any state has is its people. As such, deliberate efforts must be made in developing their capacities.


EDUCATION

The programme on education under our stewardship will ensure that no Edo child is left behind.

Edo State Government under our leadership will provide free and compulsory education from primary school to junior secondary school.

The Edo State education programme will be driven by a determination to train Edo people to be skilled and competitive both nationally and globally through the adoption of the use of modern pedagogical methods including ICT and multi-media platforms.


• To train our youths in science, engineering, finance, commerce, entrepreneurship, management information and communication technology that will lead the state’s drive for prosperity and economic development;

• To make every citizen a literate that is able to communicate in our lingua franca as well as in their mother tongue.

• To go beyond the cosmetic painting of classroom blocks and ensure adequate provision of chairs and tables and relevant learning materials in both primary and secondary schools. We will encourage the development of sports and libraries.

• To motivate teachers through proper remuneration, prompt payment of salaries and emoluments and continued training and re-training.

• To vigorously pursue the re-introduction of boarding facilities in public secondary schools across the state, as this will inculcate leadership qualities in our youths.

• To encourage the interest of students in science and technology and reward outstanding students with full scholarship.

• To ensure the availability of science laboratories in all Senior Secondary Schools and Art and Crafts workshops in Junior Secondary Schools.

• To support teachers in their quest to up-grade themselves to ensure high standards in the education sector.

• To emphasize technical and vocational training so as to improve on the skills and entrepreneurial development of school leavers. Appropriate incentives will be offered to attract students to technical and vocational training in a bid to discourage the over-dependence on tertiary education.

• To re-activate and provide contemporary facilities, equipment and teaching aids to all existing Technical Schools in the state. We will construct modern toilet facilities in or schools.

• Improve on the technical training centres; integrated with skill acquisition, cottage agro-processing and other related small-scale production outfits in each of the senatorial districts for the training of the relevant technical and skilled manpower, to drive all aspects of our economic policies.

• To make ICT and entrepreneurship compulsory components of our policy at all levels of our educational system.

• To provide all government secondary schools with computer laboratories.

• From JSS 1, every child would be exposed to skill acquisition as part of the school system. They would pick 4 different skills from a wide range of skills that may include Carpentry, Catering, Fashion design, Painting as well as Digital skills, Music, Healthcare, Tiling, etc. From SSI, they would then be required to pick only one and specialize.

• We shall create an education and business partnership framework to give students the opportunity to develop the skills and qualities needed for work. In their last year of SS3, these students will undergo a compulsory four weeks work experience placement.

• By the time the child is graduating from SS3, he/she would have a DIPLOMA in one skill set and a WAEC certificate on the other hand. Such a child would be ready for a future of productivity. The DIPLOMA would be the collateral to obtaining a small business loan to get started in life as a professional and to be a viable human being- able to fend for themselves even if they choose not to go on to a university.

• We are committed to raising education standards and achievements in schools through a rigorous quality inspection, monitoring and support regime.
• These policies would enable the creation of 10,000 sustainable new jobs in the economy

David Agboalu

90% of people who sing praises of good governance of Godwin Obaseki are not resident in Edo State and do not hold any PVC and the 10% are his aides who are still protecting their jobs. The facts speaks for itself and it is glaring. I took two days to drive round Benin city and more of GRA and I was ashamed of a State. The bad roads, roads without gutters and dirts in every street. How do we even define development when our state still battles and struggles with the basic amenities? How do we proud ourselves developed when our health care system is in shambles? How do we even pride ourselves as the heart beat of the nation when our educational system is crumbling? When you talk about education, they pride of “Edo best”. Even more irritating because it is another avenue to exploit our treasury. What are the modalities put in place for Edo best? Is the system even working? I have sampled opinions of more than 200 teachers and it is even more irritating to hear. We need a change of government now before we misunderstand the concept of the “Dividends of Democracy”
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