Return Of Schools To Owners, Stakeholders Caution Osun Govt

Stakeholders at a summit on the education sector on Wednesday in Osogbo cautioned the Osun State  Government against its decision to return some public schools to their original owners.A communiqué  issued at the end of the two-day summit said the decision was very sensitive and needed to be  carefully handled.

The communiqué, signed by some members of the summit committee, Mrs. Modupe Ajayi-Gbagbo, Mrs. Kemi  Adesina and Mr. Semiu Okanlawon, urged the government to hold necessary consultations with  stakeholders before taking any decision. It said that government policies on education should be  divested of political consideration, adding that appointments, recruitment and execution of projects  in the sector should always be based on merit. The communique also urged government to accord the  sector priority consideration to bail it out of the current crisis.It called for improved funding of  the sector at all levels, stressing that funds allocated to the sector should be utilised judiciously.  The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that more than 1,000 participants from all parts of the  country attended the summit, which received 38 memoranda from different stakeholders and the public.